We visited Lushan and Qilai Mountain on April 28th and 29th. This year’s Qilai Mountain Spring Tea is growing exceptionally well. The tea leaves have a deep, dark luster, almost as if coated in a natural wax. As long as the weather holds up during the harvest, we can expect the spring tea quality to
Harvests in areas below 1,700 meters, such as Sancengping and LongFengXia, wrapped up around May 10. Afterward, our store manager headed to even higher elevations at HuaGung, Cuifeng, Cuiluan, Meifeng, and Qilai Mountain. These ultra-high-altitude teas above 1,700 meters are our primary focus every year—top-tier teas akin to the legendary “Heavenly Sword” are exclusively born
On May 11, the store manager was near Cingjing Farm, where tea gardens around 1,700 meters in elevation in Songgang and Meifeng were harvesting. We sampled a few teas (batches 7 through 10) that day and the quality was fantastic. However, since the manager had already secured Cuiluan and Malueba teas at the same elevation
At the end of April, the store manager wrote an article titled “2022 Qilai Mountain Tea Region Spring Tea,” mentioning that the spring tea from the Qilai tea region was “dark, glossy, and gorgeous,” and announced that we would head back up the mountain to source more tea on May 10th. Previous recap: 2022 Qilai
Hello tea lovers! This year, our Meifeng and Farm Edge teas are the final two batches of spring tea we’ve harvested. For everyone waiting on Dayuling, Biluxi, Songmao, and Xinjiyang, we want to sincerely apologize—we won’t be stocking them this year, so please don’t wait. First, I want to emphasize that what follows is simply
Located in Cuihua Village, Ren’ai Township, Nantou County, the HuaGung tea region sits at an elevation ranging from 1,800 to 2,520 meters. Because of this extreme altitude, tea plants grow slowly, making it the lowest-yielding region within the Lishan tea family. Thanks to its remarkable elevation advantage, HuaGung tea commands the highest price among Lishan
Due to the pandemic, prices across various tea regions have dropped over the past two years, but a few areas have bucked the trend and gone up. Dayuling and the HuaGung Summit are the ones the store manager thinks have seen the wildest price spikes. Everyone knows why Dayuling prices went up: after the tea
In August, the store manager headed up to Lishan’s Sinjiayang and the areas near Fushou Mountain Farm to look for autumn tea. Take a look at the quality of the tea leaves in the photos—can you even tell this is autumn tea? This year’s Lishan Sinjiayang autumn tea also delivers on both quality and yield.
When the shop manager went up to Cingjing in early August, whether it was in Songgang or Meifeng, the tea leaves were “just gorgeous!”. If the manager had to score them, Cuifeng would get a 90, Lishan Xinjiayang an 85, and for the Songgang and Meifeng autumn tea, the manager would give it a super
In early August, the store manager headed up to the Qilai Mountain tea region to check out the autumn harvest. Much like the Cingjing tea region on the opposite ridge, Qilai Mountain autumn tea delivers exceptional quality. While it might not be quite as over-the-top as the spring harvest, the manager easily gives it a
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
Typhoon Hinnamnor was originally headed straight for Taiwan, but made a turn right at our doorstep. Not only did it spare Taiwan from major disasters, but it also helped resolve our drought crisis—truly a model student among typhoons hitting Taiwan. Taiwan saw very little rainfall in July and August, until a round of rain arrived
The shop manager headed up to Lishan over the past couple of days, originally planning to check out the tea plantations in the Sinjiayang settlement, but to our surprise, the road is still impassable. With the winter tea season just around the corner, Sinjiayang’s tea farmers are really in for a headache. You might not
Lishan winter tea will be heavily harvested around October 12. A few days ago, the shop manager went to Lishan to check on the tea growth, and unfortunately, this year’s winter tea won’t be a bumper crop. This year’s Lishan autumn tea was a huge success, with quality and yield arguably the best in recent
The Cuifeng Autumn Oolong (harvested on August 13) is completely sold out. Thank you all for your support! We still have some Cuifeng Autumn Oolong (harvested on August 11) in stock, so if you missed out on the 13th batch, don’t miss this one. /*! 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
