Customer Inquiry: A merchant is selling Fushou Mountain tea from Tangzhuang, Hanzhuang, and Yizhuang respectively. Where are these tea gardens located?
Where are the Tangzhuang, Hanzhuang, and Yizhuang tea districts of Fushou Mountain located?
Tangzhuang: Located directly opposite the entrance of Fushou Mountain Farm, with only one tea garden within a 500-meter radius. At an altitude of 2,250 meters, it is the highest private tea garden next to Fushou Mountain Farm. Planted around 2020 at an elevation of 2,250 meters, besides being the highest outside-farm tea garden, its tea trees are all young. It is said that a single season yields only about 120 to 180 kg, keeping it in high demand and short supply.
There is a pond next to the tea garden, creating a scenic overall environment that has the potential to become a local star tea garden. As for the price of Fushou Mountain Tangzhuang tea, naturally, it is not cheap—I hear it sells for tens of thousands of New Taiwan Dollars per 600 g. However, this tea garden also has its drawbacks; apart from the difficulty of increasing yields due to the high altitude, it is surrounded by vegetable farms, requiring significant effort to prevent pesticide drift from neighboring farms.
Hanzhuang: Also located near the entrance of Fushou Mountain Farm, just across the road from Tangzhuang. This area is home to the famous Fushou Mountain Songlu and the Fushou Mountain Helipad. There are only one or two tea gardens nearby.
Yizhuang: Located around the 88K mark of the Central Cross-Island Highway. In recent years, most tea gardens between the 88K and 90K markers have been sold under the name of Biluxi tea or Fushou Lishan tea, with only a small portion sold under the Yizhuang tea name, making it a high-priced tea district. The local altitude ranges from 1,900 to 2,150 meters, with a seasonal yield of over 600 kg. Currently, most of it is sold as Biluxi tea, and Yizhuang tea is relatively rare. Spring tea yields the most, followed by autumn tea, and winter tea is the scarcest. The tea variety is Qingxin Oolong, and the vast majority is processed into lightly fermented Oolong tea.
When it comes to pricing, these tea gardens are undoubtedly in the high-end tier. Wholesale prices start from NT$2,600, while higher-quality and higher-altitude batches can even fetch NT$4,000, and they are frequently in short supply.