Tea region map
Shanlinxi Tea Region
Grown between cedar and bamboo
About this region
WhereOn the border of Zhushan Township and Lugu Township, Nantou
Scale750–1,950 m; mean annual temperature around 21 °C, rainfall about 2,700 mm
Cultivars and characterCloud sits on it year-round and the day-night swing is wide; the bushes grow between cedar and bamboo. The liquor is a honeyed gold-green, rich in pectin, and carries the mountain in it — smooth and sweet on the return, with a faint cedar note inside the cold aroma. Thick fog most afternoons.
NearbyShanlinxi Forest Resort, Songlong Rock Waterfall, the Forget-Worry Forest, the Dalunshan visitor tea gardens, the Bagua tea terraces, Xitou Monster Village
These figures will be updated if they change.
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Shanlinxi Oolong TeaShanlinxi 1900m 1900 m2.4–4.5kCao Ao ZaiCao Ao Zai 1900m 1900 m2.4–4.5kLongfengxiaLongfengxia 1800m 1800 m2.4–4.5kSancengpingSancengping 1700m 1700 m2.0–3.5kFanzitianFanzitian 1700m 1700 m2.0–3.5kShitouhuShitouhu 1700m 1700 m2.0–3.5kRuan AnRuan An 1300m 1300 m2.0–3.5kYangzaiwanYangzaiwan 1200m 1200 m1.4–2.8kZhushanZhushan 800m 800 m1.4–2.8kTongtouTongtou 750m 750 m0.7–1.5kSanzhanping TeaSanzhanping 1700 m1.6–3.2k
Plants grown here1
What there is to do here
1 routes Day trip Shanlinxi・Around Yangzaiwan and Longfengxia
Above 1,500 m, forty minutes further up the road from Lugu. This is ginkgo, moso bamboo and cloud country; tea is one thing among several here, though it is the one that keeps.