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Northern Tea Region
The northernmost high-mountain tea in Taiwan
About this region
WhereFuxing District, Taoyuan — Baling (Shangbaling), the Guanghua and Xinxing settlements, and Sanguang
Scale1,000–1,900 m
Cultivars and characterFar enough north to matter, under cloud year-round, with the day and night more than ten degrees apart. The soil is mostly well-drained gravel, which suits high-mountain tea unusually well.
NearbyThe Lalashan giant trees, the Baling historic trail, Jiaobanshan Park, the Xiao Wulai skywalk, Dongyanshan Forest Recreation Area, En'ai Farm
These figures will be updated if they change.
teas3
Plants grown here1
What there is to do here
1 routes Day trip Shimen
Shimen sits at Taiwan’s northern tip, where the Tieguanyin drinks sea moisture all year but is sheltered from the wind by the land itself. Do the tea-hill trail, then the waterfall, then the seafood — that is a day.