Taixing TeaTaixing Tea
Flavour
Light-fragrance style
Taixing sits at 1,000 m, known for its waterfall and the moisture that comes with it. The damp keeps the leaf tender. The liquor is honey-yellow, the aroma fresh and elegant with light flowers and fruit; warm and smooth on the palate, clean and sweet — approachable, and it holds your attention.
Fair priceverified
One jin is 600 g. Below NT$800, be sceptical.
A reasonable range is NT$1,300–2,800 per 600 g. Below NT$800, ask more questions.
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.
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.
A scannable producer record beats any verbal assurance.
Specifications
About the origin
In Taixing Village, Meishan Township, Chiayi, at about 1,000 m. Known for Jinxuan; the gardens sit on hill slopes at a moderate scale.
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.
Rolled-ball leaf needs the first infusion to open up; the second is then shorter.
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.
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 (23.5550, 120.6200). This marks the growing area, not one specific garden.