Tea Lover Inquiry: I bought Dayuling High Mountain Tea from you last time. The quality is fantastic, and I really enjoyed it. The other day while walking around, I saw another tea shop selling Dayuling High Mountain Tea for only NT$1,200 per 600 g. Why is there such a huge price gap? They’re both Dayuling
Taiwanese high mountain tea generally refers to tea produced in tea gardens at elevations above 1,000 meters. Although these high mountain gardens also produce black tea, green tea, and heavily fermented oolong, lightly fermented high mountain oolong tea makes up the vast majority. Below are some of the most famous types of Taiwanese high mountain
Reader Message: Hello, how much caffeine is in black tea? I really love drinking black tea and drink it to stay awake at the office, sometimes up to a dozen cups a day. I’m really worried that the caffeine might harm my health. Could you tell me how much caffeine is in black tea, whether
Customer Inquiry: I bought some Honey Black Tea and SunMoon Lake Black Tea from you last week. They both have unique characteristics, and my family and coworkers really love them. I’m looking to try some different black teas this time. Does your company offer any other types of black tea? Also, what are some of
Tea lovers often ask: Which type of tea is the most enduring for multiple steeps? Is more expensive oolong tea always able to be steeped more times? How many times can your tea be steeped? Different types of tea, brewing methods, and water temperatures all affect how many times tea leaves can be steeped. Generally
Message from a PTT netizen: May I ask how you tea merchants buy tea? Why is the high-mountain tea I bought myself in Lishan and HuaGung not as good as your medium- to low-elevation tea? Could you share how tea merchants select tea, and how ordinary consumers can buy good-tasting tea directly at the origin?
Netizen’s Question: What is a reasonable price for Alishan tea? Tea shops sell it anywhere from NT$800 to NT$6,200 per 600 g, and online stores even have hand-picked tea for NT$500 per 600 g. The hand-picked tea I bought costs NT$1,800 per 600 g—did I overpay? Cost Factors of Alishan Tea Liao Chang Xing: Alishan
Lishan Tea Enthusiast Question: The pricing of Lishan tea on the market is quite chaotic. You can find options online for NT$400 per 600 g, as well as premium ones costing tens of thousands of NT dollars per 600 g. I know online channels often have lower overhead, but what is a reasonable price range
Netizen Xiao He asks: Last week, I bought hand-picked ShanLinXi tea online for NT$500 per 600g, but it leaves a strange taste on my tongue. A friend told me that ShanLinXi tea usually costs over NT$1,000, and anything below that might be imported foreign tea. Is this true? Reasonable Price for ShanLinXi Tea Liao Chang
Netizen’s Question: In mid-April this year, I bought 600 g of Dayuling tea at a tea shop for NT$4,000. After bringing it home, I found online listings selling it for NT$850 per 600 g, and a shopping channel offering 1.8 kg for NT$2,600. Did I pay too much for Dayuling tea at NT$4,000? Dayuling Tea
Customer Question: A foreign friend specifically asked for Winter Sprout Oolong, but none of the nearby tea shops have it. What kind of tea is it, where is it grown, and how does it differ from regular winter tea? Where can I buy it? Winter Sprout Oolong: A Second Flush Grown After the Winter Harvest
A netizen asked: I heard that Winter Sprout Oolong is delicious and I’d like to try it. But since both are produced in the winter, what is the difference between Winter Sprout Oolong and regular winter tea? Which one tastes better? Is Winter Sprout Oolong Considered Winter Tea? Liao Chang Xing: In terms of harvest
Customer Question: I’ve heard that the higher high mountain tea is grown, the better it tastes. I’m planning to buy Lishan tea soon, so I’d like to know where the highest tea region for Lishan high mountain tea is located and what its approximate altitude is. Chang Xing Tea: The Lishan high mountain tea production
Inquiry from an Overseas Netizen: I’m planning a trip to Taiwan soon and would love to pick up some Taiwanese tea along the way. I’ve heard that high mountain teas are the highest quality Taiwan has to offer, and Dayuling tea is considered the most premium among them. Could you tell me where Dayuling tea
Customer Question: Is Taiwan High Mountain Tea a type of green tea? It tastes completely different from black tea—it feels light, yet it’s not quite like Dongding Oolong either. The packaging looks green, and the brewed tea leaves look green too, unlike black tea which always brews into a red color. So, is High Mountain
