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Lishan High Mountain Oolong (Pear Mountain)
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Lishan High Mountain Oolong (Pear Mountain)

Lí Shān Gāo Shān Wū Lóng · 梨山高山乌龙 (梨山高山烏龍)

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Lishan ("Pear Mountain") is the highest-elevation oolong region in Taiwan, a strip of tea fields in the Central Mountain Range above Taichung at 1,600–2,200 m, with the highest plots reaching nearly 1,945 m. Tea is overwhelmingly Qingxin cultivar; the cold nights, short sunlight hours, and cloud cover slow leaf maturation and concentrate flavour, giving Lishan its distinctive thick creamy mouthfeel and floral high notes — the high-mountain (gaoshan) profile in its most concentrated form. Lishan is named for the pear and apple farms that historically dominated the slopes.

Quick facts

Region
Taichung
Harvest year
2025
Harvest season
spring
Elevation
2000 m
Oxidation
20%
Roast
light
Cultivars
Qingxin (Qing Xin Wulong)

Brewing

Leaf
5.0 g / 100 ml
Water
95°C
Rinse
yes
Gongfu steeps (s)
15, 20, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120

Just-off-boil water for the first three pours; the rolled balls open slowly at this elevation. The fourth and fifth steeps often hold the most concentrated aroma.

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Tasting notes

Aroma
creamy butter, apple blossom, sweet sugarcane
Flavor
creamy, floral, intensely sweet, mineral
Mouthfeel
thick, silky, almost gel-like
Finish
very long, sweet

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