Choosing a Gift
The right tea changes with the person you are giving it to. For someone not used to drinking tea, choose something with little astringency, where the flavor makes the difference easy to taste. For someone who already knows tea, choose something hard to find elsewhere, such as a rare tea or a single-tree lot.
The occasion changes the choice as well. A tea with broad appeal suits a small gift or something you bring with you, while a rare tea suits an anniversary or a gift for someone close to you. Teas in tins fit our gift boxes, which hold either two tins or three.
Choosing a Gift
Tian Chi Li Shan Cha Special 天池梨山茶 Special
A rare tea from one plot of the Tianchi Lishan garden at 2,600m. Something you meet only once in ten or twenty years, with a tropical fruit aroma layered with citrus and a note suggesting matsutake.
From $61.00 USD (50g)
Phoenix Oolong Mi Lan Xiang 2025 No.2 鳳凰単叢 蜜蘭香濃香 2025 No.2
A Mi Lan Xiang a class above, from trees 60 to 70 years old at 950m in Da'an village. A bright lychee-like aroma with a sweet finish.
From $12.00 USD (15g)
Phoenix Oolong Ba Xian 2022 鳳凰単叢 八仙 2022
From Ding Ping Keng Tou Village, 1,000 m above sea level, from 50-year-old trees. A popular cultivar with flavors of narcissus flowers, dried raspberry, and a hint of lychee.
From $13.00 USD (15g)
Lapsang Souchong Qi Zhong 正山小種 奇種
An unsmoked Lapsang Souchong made from the native varietal (qizhong) grown at around 1,300m in Tongmu village. Ripe-fruit aromas of peach, mango and longan.
From $16.00 USD (20g)
Li Shan Cha 梨山茶
One of Taiwan's great high-mountain teas. Leaves from a garden at 2,400m, finished by the demanding medium-fermentation method. Floral, with a sweet aroma of mango, peach and honey.
From $21.00 USD (30g)
Tian Chi Li Shan Cha 天池梨山茶
From a garden at 2,600m. An overwhelmingly long finish, and a sweet, elegant floral aroma that rises slowly from the back of the throat after drinking.
From $31.00 USD (25g)
Wen Shan Bao Zhong 文山包種茶
The most lightly fermented of Taiwan's oolongs, Wen Shan Bao Zhong sits between green tea and oolong in its fresh character. A gentle aroma of orchid.
From $10.00 USD (20g)
Oriental Beauty 東方美人
Taiwan's own heavily fermented oolong. Young shoots bitten by leafhoppers give it a strong muscat-like honey note and ripe fruit. Recommended to black tea drinkers, and good with desserts or cold-brewed.
From $12.00 USD (15g)
Dong Ding Oolong Qing Xiang 凍頂烏龍茶 清香型
From Zhushan, near Dongdingshan. Lightly fermented, with a clear, bright aroma of orchid.
From $9.00 USD (50g)
Ali Shan Cha 阿里山茶
One of the high-mountain teas we recommend most among HOJO's Taiwanese oolongs. Qing Xin oolong from a garden at 1,600m, finished by the difficult medium-fermentation method to draw out a bright aroma of citrus and ripe fruit.
From $10.00 USD (30g)
Ali Shan Jin Xuan Oolong Tea 阿里山金萱烏龍茶
An oolong made from the Jin Xuan cultivar, grown in a garden at 1,500m in Alishan. Its floral, milky aroma has made it rapidly popular in Taiwan in recent years.
From $9.00 USD (30g)
Black tea Trial Set ( 7 Types x 10g )
Seven distinctive black teas in one set at a friendly price. Also popular as a casual gift.
$27.00 USD