Shopkeeper’s Chat

Incredibly Honey-Core Lishan Honey Apples

Just to be clear upfront: the shop manager doesn’t sell Lishan honey apples, nor do we take orders to buy them for anyone. Many Lishan tea farmers also grow apples on the side. Since the manager does a lot of tea sourcing, the farmers often gift us some of their apples. We just received several

Lishan High Mountain Tea Price

A customer asked me the other day, “Why does your Lishan High Mountain Tea cost NT$3,000 per 600 g while other places sell it for just NT$600?” We get this question so often, so I figured I’d address it all at once~👩 Let’s break down the production costs of high mountain tea for you. Tea

Fushoushan Tea

When we talked about Fushoushan Tianchi Tea the other day, it turned out many people weren’t familiar with the Tianchi tea region. Today, let’s share a bit more trivia about “Fushoushan Tea.” /*! elementor – v3.16.0 – 12-09-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Just like Fenqihu isn’t a lake and ShanLinXi isn’t a stream,

Past Articles

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The Hefty Rent of Lishan Farmland

While visiting the tea region recently, our store manager had quite an eye-opening experience, this time regarding the rent for farmland in Lishan. How much do you think a 582-square-meter plot of deep mountain farmland goes for in annual rent, given that it’s a 30-minute walk from the main road and accessible only by muddy

A-Tang Congee and Liao Lao-Da’s Tea Franchise

If you want traffic online, keywords are everything. Lately, two of the most talked-about spots in Taiwan are undoubtedly A-Tang Congee and Liao Lao-Da’s tea franchise, so the store manager is jumping on the bandwagon too. /*! elementor – v3.7.8 – 02-10-2022 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} A-Tang Congee recently raised its prices, with

Lishan Winter Tea Harvest Weather

With northern Taiwan experiencing a week of continuous rain, many tea lovers up north have been messaging the shopkeeper to ask if the winter harvest will be affected. Rest assured, everyone—Lishan, Heping District in Taichung, and Ren’ai Township in Nantou have all enjoyed great weather over the past few days, making conditions ideal for harvesting

2023 Daan Ruan’an Tea District Spring Tea Report

At the end of April, our store manager visited the tea plantations in the Ruan’an tea district of Zhushan Township. Along the Tou 49 township road at elevations between 800 and 1,000 meters, many tea gardens had already finished harvesting. The highest Ruan’an tea district at the end of the route has also entered its

2023 Spring Tea Report: Lushan, Tunyuan, and Qilai Mountain Tea Regions

Reporting on Lushan Tribe and Tunyuan together doesn’t take much, mainly because this area isn’t doing well. While Qilai Mountain as a whole isn’t fantastic, a few tea gardens are performing exceptionally well and might just yield some stellar batches. Lushan Tribe / Tunyuan 96K (Figure 34): Quite devastating. We originally expected this northern location

No 2023 Tunyuan Qilai Mountain Autumn Tea Purchased

Bad news keeps coming. The Tunyuan Qilai Mountain autumn tea that the store manager had high hopes for didn’t turn out well, so this year’s Qilai Mountain autumn tea will be missing as well 😭😭 ================This year, we haven’t stocked any autumn tea from Lishan, Cuifeng, or Qilai Mountain. If we had to pick the

Fushoushan Tianchi Tea

Fushoushan Tianchi Tea: Taiwan’s 2nd Highest Tea Garden

Today, your straight-talking tea expert wants to talk about Fushoushan Tianchi Tea, which so many people are selling online. First off, let me introduce it to you—the Tianchi tea region is currently the second highest altitude tea garden in Taiwan! Table of Contents Fushoushan Tianchi Tea Region, at an Altitude of up to 2,490 Meters

Taiwan's highest altitude tea growing region

Taiwan’s Highest Altitude Tea Region: The 2,520-Meter HuaGung Tea Region

Our Taiwan Tea Truth-Seeker series is back! Today, let’s talk about the altitude of Taiwan’s tea regions. Where is the absolute highest tea region in Taiwan? Since 2015, the HuaGung Tea Region has been Taiwan’s highest altitude tea region Before 2015, the highest tea gardens in Taiwan were unquestionably the “104K tea garden” in the

2023 Winter Tea Daily Rainfall Records

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2023 LongFengXia Budongyu Winter Tea Update

The Lishan winter tea season is coming to an end, while ShanLinXi LongFengXia is just entering its peak harvest period. This year’s winter tea from LongFengXia and Budongyu is “looking great,” and with fantastic weather during the harvest, this season is shaping up to be “above average in quality.” /*! elementor – v3.17.0 – 25-10-2023

Everything About Lishan Is Great, Except for the Flies

I absolutely love Lishan. From Huanshan, Songmao, and Xingjiayang to HuaGung, Cuiluan, and Dayuling—I make several trips there every single year. In my heart, Lishan is nothing short of paradise. The only downside? There are quite a few flies in the summer. I bring up the flies because I just got back from Lishan, and

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