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 areas include Wuling Farm, Huanshan Tribe, Xinjiayang Tribe, Songmao Tribe, Fushoushan Farm, Tianfu Farm, and the HuaGung area. More peripheral regions include Dayuling, Cuiluan, Diaoqiaotou, and Malieba. Excluding the Dayuling tea region, the highest areas are undoubtedly the Fushoushan Farm Tianchi and the peak of HuaGung. Among them, the tea plantation next to Tianchi sits at an altitude of about 2,500 meters, making it the highest spot in Lishan. The Lishan high mountain tea produced here is of top-tier quality, with market prices reaching NT$10,000 or more.
▲ This is the highest tea plantation in Lishan—Tianchi Tea Plantation, sitting at an altitude of about 2,500 meters.
If tea lovers wish to purchase Lishan high mountain tea produced in Tianchi, you can order directly from Fushoushan Farm. The farm provides its own packaging, and prices are also published on their official website.
Just below Fushoushan Farm are the private tea plantations alongside the farm, sitting at elevations between 2,000 and 2,200 meters. Chang Xing Tea offers these for sale, and you are welcome to inquire. Further down, the Songmao Tribe receives the highest praise, with an elevation of about 2,000 meters. Additionally, Xinjiayang sits at 1,800 to 2,000 meters, and Tianfu Farm’s Lishan high mountain tea is grown at 1,900 to 2,100 meters, both also receiving great reviews.