Da Yu Ling

This Taiwanese high mountain oolong is grown around 2,600 meters above sea level—the highest altitude of any tea-growing region in Taiwan. Though the steep slopes and tight ridgelines of Da Yu Ling tea gardens already make cultivation difficult, in recent years, efforts to restore tea growing regions to forest have further stymied production, contributing to Da Yu Ling’s value and prestige. 

Weather condition in high elevation is cool and misty all year long, allowing tea plants of Da Yu Ling to grow slowly compared to its lowland counterpart, therefore concentrating its aromatic oils in its tender yet juicy tea leaves. Cultivated in forest like condition, its roots absorb more from its nutrient rich environment, proffering a greater complexity of flavor compared to other high mountain teas. Lightly oxidized and hardly roasted, prized Da Yu Ling batches are made with a light hand to preserve its high mountain chi. 

Our Da Yu Ling maker describes the tea as he motioned both his arms - does it tastes like many types of flowers running towards at you all at once? A sip of Da Yu Ling is like sampling the floral sweet air of a moss-covered forest—wild, luscious, and free.

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