As always, our spring tea sourcing begins with Bi Luo Chun Green Tea. This year's batch was pick on March 3 — about one week after spring harvest began in the Sanxia District of Taipei, Taiwan. Bi Luo Chun is made from leaf buds that are only about 10 days into their growing process. These tender young leaves maintain their fresh green character all year long, so we try to only source the early spring harvest, once a year.

Spring 2026 Bi Luo Chun Green Tea Procurement

In central Taiwan, the spring harvest for Oolong production has begun at low and mid-elevations. So far, the early spring harvests have been of the Jin Xuan and Four Seasons Spring cultivars. The harvests was put on hold in the last week due to much anticipated rains for the first several days of April. This bodes very well for the higher elevations, where the growing season will continue for weeks to come.

We visited our source of Dong Ding Oolong Tea in Phoenix Village, Lugu Township this week for an update on the harvest schedule. The plot shown above is scheduled for next week, with other plots to follow. We will be loitering and lending a hand when needed. Stay tuned for our social media posts and upcoming newsletters!

Mr. Chen not only exclusively makes our two types of Dong Ding Oolong Tea (unroasted and roasted), but is also our primary source of Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong Tea. And after the rains this past week, he has high hopes for his spring crop of High Mountain Tea that will begin harvest on April 30 or thereafter, depending on the weather.