Longyanlin TeaLongyanlin Tea
Flavour
Light-fragrance style
Longyanlin sits at 750 m, mild and fertile. The tea carries a distinctive dried-longan and ripe-fruit scent; the liquor is a bright amber. Thick and mellow, sweet and mouth-watering, layered and good for many steeps — quite different from what the high ground gives, and with plenty behind it.
Fair priceverified
One jin is 600 g. Below NT$500, be sceptical.
A reasonable range is NT$900–1,800 per 600 g. Below NT$500, ask more questions.
What to ask when buying this
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.
Production date, expiry, origin of raw material, seller name and phone — if any is missing, do not buy.
Specifications
About the origin
In Longyan Village, Meishan Township, Chiayi, at about 750–1,000 m — one of the birthplaces of Alishan high-mountain tea, with a wide planted area.
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 (23.5600, 120.6000). This marks the growing area, not one specific garden.