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Qingxin (Qing Xin Wulong)

Qīng Xīn · 青心乌龙 (青心烏龍)

oolong

Qingxin (full name Qing Xin Wulong, "green-hearted oolong") is the cultivar that defines most premium Taiwanese oolongs — Dong Ding, Alishan high-mountain, and Lishan. It was brought from the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian to Taiwan roughly 150 years ago. Buds are relatively slender; the cultivar is sensitive to climate and rewards cool, foggy mountain conditions with milky-creamy mouthfeel and floral high notes — the signature high-mountain (gaoshan) profile.

Origin region: Nantou

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