Tea region map
Nantou Tea Region
Where Dongding and Songbo Changqing come from
About this region
WhereLugu (Dongding Oolong), Songboling in Mingjian (Songbo Changqing), Nantou City (Qingshan)
ScaleLugu runs to 2,000 ha; the Songboling area is hill terrace at 200–400 m
Cultivars and characterDongding is mostly Qingxin Oolong at 15–25% oxidation, cloth-rolled into tight curls; the liquor is clear gold, clean in the nose with a finish that stays in the throat. Around Mingjian they grow Qingxin, Jinxuan, Cuiyu and Sijichun, harvested and tended largely by machine — high volume, steady quality, honest prices. A lot of what Taiwan drinks daily comes from here. Yuchi, in the same county, is a different story: it makes black tea, and the two listed here use TTES No. 18 (Ruby) and TTES No. 8 (Assam) — what is usually sold as Sun Moon Lake black tea.
NearbySun Moon Lake, Cingjing Farm, the Xitou Nature Education Area, Zinan Temple, Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village, Hehuanshan
These figures will be updated if they change.
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What there is to do here
6 routes Two days possible Lugu・Mingjian / Songboling・Zhushan・Yuchi・Shuili・Nantou City: Houtanjing
Dongding is in Lugu, Songboling in Mingjian, the spiral gardens in Zhushan, and Sun Moon Lake black tea in Yuchi. Four places making four different teas, all within an hour of each other by car — the densest square of tea in Taiwan.