Sanxia Haishan Longjing Green TeaSanxia Haishan Longjing Green Tea
Flavour
Light green tea fragrance with bean notes
Clean green-tea aroma with a note of beans
- Cultivar: Qingxin Ganzai
- Leaf: one bud and two leaves, fixed then pressed flat; the finished leaf is a fresh jade green with a slight sheen
- Liquor: yellow-green, clear and bright; the taste is crisp.
Fair priceverified
One jin is 600 g. Below NT$1,200, be sceptical.
A reasonable range is NT$1,400–2,400 per 600 g. Below NT$1,200, ask more questions. Competition-grade lots command a large premium. Ask which association ran the competition, which year, and for the seal. Green tea must be refrigerated and is best within six months. Check the production date.
What to ask when buying this
Grading standards differ between associations, so awards are not comparable across competitions. Genuine lots come with a seal and certificate.
Green tea is best within six months and must be refrigerated. Three months at room temperature and it is gone.
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
Tea has been grown here for over two hundred years. In 1997 Sanxia's gardens covered 430 ha, planted mostly with Qingxin Ganzai and Qingxin Oolong, alongside Taicha No. 12, No. 13 and Sijichun.
On 8 June 1991, Taipei County magistrate You Ching visited the district, tasted the local tea and praised it; the name Haishan — "from the coast to the summit, tea keeps everyone well" — was taken for the teas made here.
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
Above 90°C it turns bitter and astringent. This is the single most common first-time mistake.
The window for temperature and timing is narrow. On your first try use slightly less leaf and shorter steeps.
Three months at room temperature and green tea is gone.
The most common beginner regret is buying 600 g on the first try. Buy a jin only after you know you like 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.
This one is Taiwan-only — not available overseas
Location accuracy: township level (24.9280, 121.3600). This marks the growing area, not one specific garden.