Cuiluan (翠巒) is my absolute favorite! This is our second Cuiluan Spring Tea of the year. To make it easy to tell the two apart, we are calling this one “Maliguan Tribe.” Tea lovers can think of it as a higher-altitude version of Cuiluan tea.
Maliguan (馬力觀) Tribe High Mountain Spring Tea
We just listed a Cuiluan tea last week. Initially, I only planned to buy one tea from the same mountain and intended to move on to other tea regions. However, after several days of failing to find the right fit, I had no choice but to head back to Cuiluan to look again. The result? This Maliguan tea appeared out of nowhere! Compared to the Xinjiaoyang (新佳陽) tea and the tea from the plantation next to the suspension bridge from a couple of days ago, this one holds its ground effortlessly. In terms of pure tea substance and body, it actually edges them out by a point—completely surpassing the standard level of typical Lishan (梨山) teas.
As mentioned before, although Cuiluan’s altitude cannot quite match Huagang (華崗) or Dayuling (大禹嶺), its advantage lies in its massive yield. Its production volume is dozens of times greater than Huagang and Dayuling combined. As long as you search diligently, the chances of discovering a “monster-level” exceptional tea are much higher. Plus, the price is only two-thirds to half of what you’d pay for those famous peaks. If tea lovers can look past the obsession with celebrity mountain names, Cuiluan is hands down the most cost-effective choice in the Lishan tea system.
The plantation for this tea is located just below the Maliguan Tribe. Benefiting from the higher altitude, it was harvested later than our previous Cuiluan tea. Personally, I feel it accumulated more nutrients, making the tea’s body even richer and thicker.
Our confidence in this quality remains sky-high. Buy it and compare it to your Dayuling or Fushou (福壽) teas. If you don’t think it’s worth it, we guarantee a full refund—and you can keep the opened package to drink for free, no return needed. That is just how confident we are. (Note: Because I didn’t expect to buy a second Cuiluan tea, I didn’t take specific photos for it. The photos used are older pictures from other plantations, included just to keep the webpage layout looking nice.)
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