Baozhong Tea Taiwan

Grown at a measly 400 800 meters elevation in northern taiwan baozhong is a low elevation tea typically from wenshan or pinglin.

Baozhong tea taiwan. Ultimately we head in the direction of something called the taipei tea promotion center for tie guanyin tea and baozhong tea maokong s tea is celebrated in northern taiwan and the tea promotion center seems like as good a place as any to start. This tea farm is located in a small mountain range between taipei and the northern coast of taiwan. Grown at altitude it s lightly oxidized yes we re still going on about that has a. Sourced from a small family run farm located in a small mountain range along the northern coast of taiwan.

At this time tea companies moved production from taiwan to fuzhou and began producing baozhong tea. It is produced mainly in fujian china and in taiwan. A partially oxidized twisted tea that is produced in northern taiwan. Like dong ding and unlike high mountain tea baozhong has a long history in taiwan baozhong or pouchong literally means wrapped kind and refers to the way the tea was traditionally packaged in paper.

Its name in chinese literally the wrapped kind refers to a practice of wrapping the leaves in paper during the drying process that has largely been discontinued due to advancement in tea processing. Before 1873 oolong tea was widely sold in mainland china and taiwan but after an economic slump some tea companies stopped selling oolong tea because of decreasing demand. Baozhong tea farmers comprise a small percentage of taiwan s contemporary tea industry. Baozhong tea is referred to as flower tea because of its fragrant smell.

It doesn t take a very long walk down the road to leave behind us the food stalls and. Baozhong 包種 is a lightly oxidized oolong tea with twisted shape floral notes. The main types of tea in taiwan from oolong to pu er baozhong to tieguanyin we spill the tea on all the different types of chá you ll find here in taiwan alishan high mountain 阿里山高山茶 from you guessed it alishan this tea is thought by many locals to be taiwan s best tea. Free global shipping on orders 35 or more.

Baozhong is one of the signature oolong teas from taiwan. Wenshan baozhong tea is an unroasted type of oolong with only a relatively minimal 10 15 oxidation. Before long tea ranked first among taiwan s top three exports ahead of sugar and camphor. Nangang is baozhong oolong tea s original taiwanese capital in the 19th century when baozhong teas were scented with jasmine blossoms by then and exported to.

The earliest teas exported during the qing dynasty were oolong and baozhong tea which began to be sold abroad in 1865 and 1881 respectively.