Xuejian High-Mountain OolongXuejian High-Mountain Oolong
Flavour
Betel-palm blossom over a light cane sweetness
Fair priceestimated
One jin is 600 g. Below NT$800, be sceptical.
A reasonable range is NT$1,200–2,400 per 600 g. Below NT$800, ask more questions. This figure is an estimate from comparable districts, not a checked listing.
What to ask when buying this
One region can span 700 m to 1,700 m, with several times the price difference. The same name does not mean the same grade.
This price range is estimated from nearby regions and elevation and has not been verified, so compare for yourself.
Spring and winter lots fetch the highest prices and the best aroma; summer and autumn are a step down in both.
If they will not let you taste but want you to buy 600 g of something expensive, walk away. It is the simplest and most effective filter there is.
Specifications
About the origin
Xuejian sits on the Shei-Pa side of Miaoli, at about fourteen hundred metres — an unusual thing in a county whose gardens mostly sit a few hundred metres up. Spring and winter, Qingxin Oolong.
These figures will be updated if they change.
Brewing
Temperatures follow the official category guidance. Source: TRES — Effects of water quality and temperature on tea liquor
Common mistakes with this tea
95°C or above. Too cool and the roast aroma never opens, leaving it flat.
Best drunk within two months.
The most common beginner regret is buying 600 g on the first try. Buy a jin only after you know you like it.
Where to buy it
What to eat with it
A chilled jelly has almost no flavour of its own; a heavily roasted tea would bury it. A fragrant, lightly oxidised tea lifts it instead.
Location accuracy: named locality (24.3978, 120.9775). This marks the growing area, not one specific garden.
Miaoli Tea Region4
What there is to do here
4 routes Day trip Toufen・Shitan・Sanyi・Tongluo: Jiuhu
Miaoli’s tea grows alongside silkworms, woodcarving and tung blossom. Laoqi in Toufen has a whole graded set of trails from twenty minutes to two hours — pick by how much walking you want. Shitan has a tea street, Sanxia has the April snow.