Batch 115 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is a High Mountain Oolong Spring Tea from the recent spring 2025 harvest in the Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Tea growing region. Check our sourcing blogpost for the in depth background story on this tea. We chose this tea primarily for its quality, and also for the opportunity to introduce a different, lesser known version of Taiwan's famous high mountain tea.

These leaves were hand-picked and cured on the final day of spring harvest from our ongoing source of Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong Tea. Spring harvest starts at lower elevation and works its way up the mountain. So this is the highest elevation plot of tea that our friend Mr. Chen manages, at 1550-1600m. The dried leaf material shown above exhibits uniformity of color and size, with the rolled leaves being relatively bulkier. This indicates that the leaves were reaching full size, but their uniform color shows that they were still developing and not overly mature.

The flavor transforms from the more standard fresh green, floral, aromatic profile to a sweeter, savory, pastry character that still has a floral quality. This is what most impresses local merchants and tea connoisseurs in Taiwan's modern tea culture.