Tea Production & Sourcing

No Purchase of 2023 Cingjing Cuifeng Autumn Tea

Dear tea lovers, following the Lishan tea region, here is another piece of bad news: we couldn’t find good tea from the Cingjing and Cuifeng autumn harvests for 2023, so we’ve decided not to stock it 😭😭 /*! elementor – v3.15.0 – 20-08-2023 */ .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} ================The Cingjing and Cuifeng autumn tea

A Rough 2023 Autumn Tea Season

To save everyone the trouble of asking, I can confirm that the “2023 autumn tea harvest is a total washout.” Dayuling, HuaGung, Malieba Suspension Bridge, Cuiluan, Farm Edge, Cuifeng, Meifeng, Qilai Mountain, LongFengXia, along with the Lishan tea series, ShanLinXi tea series, and Alishan tea series—we didn’t purchase a single batch from any of them.

Biluxi High Mountain Tea

Today let’s talk about Biluxi tea. The traditional Biluxi tea region is located between the 95K and 99K markers on the Central Cross-Island Highway (marked by the red line in photo 2). Because the Biluxi River runs just below the tea plantations, tea industry insiders named the tea from this area Biluxi tea. During its

Additional Notes on the 2023 Autumn Tea

With high-mountain autumn tea missing from our lineup this year, many tea friends have been asking questions. Here are a few updates from the store manager regarding the 2023 autumn tea season: /*! elementor – v3.15.0 – 20-08-2023 */ .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} ================ Personal opinion doesn’t represent the whole picture: I sampled dozens

Tea Garden Fertilizer Washed Away by Heavy Rains

Without rain during the spring tea season, fertilizers couldn’t dissolve properly. But in August and September, there was too much rain, washing the fertilizer away—tea farmers are in big trouble now~😭 /*! elementor – v3.15.0 – 20-08-2023 */ .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} Many tea farmers applied fertilizer around the autumn tea harvest, only for

Trip to the Cuifeng and Tunyuan Qilai Mountain Tea Region

Ever since the mudslides caused by Typhoon Khanun, our store manager hadn’t visited the Cuifeng and Tunyuan Qilai Mountain tea regions for over a month. Hearing that the road to Tunyuan had reopened, he headed up the mountain a few days ago. Cleanup in Nanfeng Village is mostly done, and the gas station is almost

2023 Lishan Cuiluan Malieba Suspension Bridge Winter Tea

The winter tea season—the “final exam” for high mountain teas—has officially begun, and our first stop is the premier tea region: Lishan. Today, we’re bringing you an update on the growth of the winter tea in the back ranges of Lishan—specifically at Cuiluan and the Malieba Suspension Bridge head 👍👍 Conditions in the Cuiluan Lixing

2023 Lishan Farm & Sinjiayang Winter Tea Crop Report

Next up is the frontline of Lishan tea production: the areas around Fushou Shan Farm and the Sinjiayang settlement. Compared to the consistently above-average quality of the back mountains, the growth conditions in the front mountains are quite polarized, meaning we’ll have to put a lot more effort into sourcing this season~😅😅 Sinjiayang Settlement: Quite

Lishan Winter Tea Harvest Begins

Good evening, tea lovers! Typhoon Koinu has passed. Although there were still scattered rains in various regions today (October 7th), Lishan, Cuifeng, and Cingjing were fortunate enough to stay dry. The forecast points to a high chance of “consecutive sunny days” in the coming days, which might just bring out that legendary, phenomenal tea everyone

2023 Tunyuan, Lushan, and Qilai Mountain Winter Tea Update

Here’s a quick update for everyone! The 2023 winter tea from Tunyuan, Lushan Tribe, and Qilai Mountain is shaping up nicely. Some of our tea plots are looking “exceptionally good.” Now it’s just a matter of patience—as long as the weather cooperates, we’re confident some truly phenomenal teas will be produced! 👍👍 First, a quick

Rainfall on October 8th and 9th

Here is an update on a few things: 1. The weather forecast was off. Over the past couple of days, Lishan and Ren’ai Township have experienced heavy afternoon downpours. While the sun came out during the day, the “continuous sunny weather” we were hoping for never materialized, making the harvesting conditions less than ideal. 2.

2023 Cifeng Winter Tea Condition

Next is our key tea-producing region—Cifeng. This year, the quality of Cifeng tea leaves is “very good.” Harvesting started in early October and is now in full swing, running through late October to early November. Yields are looking above average, and as long as harvesting conditions remain favorable, there’s a strong chance for some exceptional

2023 Hehuanshan Cingjing Meifeng Songgang Winter Tea Update

To sum up the condition of the winter tea from Songgang, Meifeng, and the front slopes of Cuifeng near Cingjing Farm in one phrase: “Fantastic.” The tea leaf quality is close to that of spring tea, and the yield is above average. We might even see some exceptional batches that surpass Lishan and Cuifeng. /*!

2023 DongYanShan Winter Tea Update

Now that the Cuifeng winter tea season has wrapped up, it’s time to turn our attention to the more under-the-radar DongYanShan tea region. This year, the DongYanShan winter tea harvest kicked off around October 22, entering peak harvest by the end of the month. When I went to check on the crop conditions on the

2023 Fanzitian and Sancengping Winter Tea Update

This year’s winter harvest for Fanzitian and Sancengping started earlier than usual. I remember last year the high-elevation tea fields in Fanzitian and Sancengping weren’t harvested until November, but this year some fields were already being harvested by mid-October. When I went to check a few days ago, most of the tea fields above an

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