Motianling Tea｜Southern Tea Region　1600 m

Motianling Tea

AromaBitternessBody

Motianling Tea

Southern Tea Region　Motianling 1600m　Elevation 1600 m

Clean SweetnessFloral

Flavour

High mountain freshness, sweet and smooth

Motianling high-mountain tea comes off the old-forest ground beside the Southern Cross-Island Highway at about 1,600 m. Wide day-night swings, constant cloud, snow in winter, clean fertile soil and moderate rain. What nature gives here, the tea keeps.

Fair priceestimated

1,800–3,500 NT$ / 600 g

One jin is 600 g. Below NT$1,000, be sceptical.

A reasonable range is NT$1,800–3,500 per 600 g. Below NT$1,000, ask more questions. "High mountain tea" has no legal definition in Taiwan. Ask for the exact elevation and the road marker (K number). This range is estimated from nearby regions and elevation; it has not been verified against listed prices.

What to ask when buying this

Which K marker? Which peak?

"High mountain tea" has no legal definition in Taiwan. The K number is a road milepost — the most concrete way to pin down origin. Asking it signals you have done your homework.

Compare two or three sellers first

This price range is estimated from nearby regions and elevation and has not been verified, so compare for yourself.

Which season is this from?

Spring and winter lots fetch the highest prices and the best aroma; summer and autumn are a step down in both.

May I taste it first?

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

TypeOolong tea

Leaf styleBall-rolled oolong

CultivarQingxin Oolong

HarvestSpring & Winter

Oxidation / RoastLightly oxidised　Light roast

CharacterSlightly cooling

Brewing latitudeFairly narrow

ConstitutionGood for warm constitutions

About the origin

At Motian Farm beside the Southern Cross-Island Highway in Haiduan Township, Taitung, and in Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung, at 1,000–1,500 m. Not a large area.

These figures will be updated if they change.

Brewing

Water temp.95–100 °C

Leaf to water3g / 150ml

Infusion times60　45　60　80 sec

Cold brew5 g per 500 ml, 7 h refrigerated

Harvest months4、5、11、12 月

Temperatures follow the official category guidance. Source: TRES — Effects of water quality and temperature on tea liquor

Common mistakes with this tea

Use hot enough water

95°C or above. Too cool and the roast aroma never opens, leaving it flat.

Little room for error

The window for temperature and timing is narrow. On your first try use slightly less leaf and shorter steeps.

A longer first infusion is normal

Rolled-ball leaf needs the first infusion to open up; the second is then shorter.

Seal it and keep it dark

Best drunk within two months.

What to eat with it

Tangyuan Rice Balls冬至・元宵Essential at the winter solstice and Lantern Festival. Sesame or peanut inside a soft glutinous skin — a symbol of the family gathered whole.

Longan Rice Cake冬Glutinous rice steamed with dried longan and rice wine — warming, deeply aromatic. The sweet side of Taiwan’s winter tonic tradition.

Glutinous rice clings and the sweetness lingers on the tongue. A tea with some astringency clears it away.

This one is Taiwan-only — not available overseasHere are the closest teas we can actually ship you:

Location accuracy: named locality (23.1300, 120.7800). This marks the growing area, not one specific garden.