For Tea Connoisseurs

From old trees over 80 years old at 950m. A sweet lychee-like aroma with bright florals, deepened by five years of ageing into a dark-aroma Mi Lan Xiang.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

A black tea made from Yunnan's rare purple tea. Faint notes of shiso, sweet potato and peach. Fully fermented, so it takes milk well.

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.

A jasmine tea made to our order from naturally grown raw pu-erh we helped produce ourselves. A long finish and a substantial aftertaste that overturn what jasmine tea is assumed to be.

From a semi-wild garden at around 2,300m. Leaves bitten by the leafhoppers that thrive there develop a sweet honey aroma as the tea ages. A clear, gentle body.

The long finish that only naturally grown old trees at 2,000m can give, with ideal ageing bringing a sweet aroma of dried fruit and malt syrup.

From a garden at 900m in Qixing'an village. A strong aroma of wild raspberry and ginger flower, with a returning aroma that lasts.

From Feng Xi Keng Bian Village, 700 m above sea level, from 70-year-old trees. A Zhi Lan Xiang aroma type with an orchid-like aroma, a long finish, and a pronounced aftertaste.

From old trees 80 years old at 1,200m in Guizhuhu village, Wudong. Raspberry brightness in harmony with galangal, and a concentrated aftertaste.

From Guizhuhu village, Wudong, at 1,200m, trees around 100 years old. A rare and sought-after cultivar with a dense aroma suggesting mango, lily and honeysuckle.

From Guizhuhu village, Wudong, at 1,200m, trees 60 years old. A spicy ginger-flower aroma layered with narcissus, lily and plum. A superb tea.

From old trees 70 years old at 800m in Nankeng village. A vivid aroma suggesting strawberry, wild raspberry, narcissus and ginger flower, with a concentrated aftertaste.

A single-tree tea from one tree 200 years old at 1,000m in Touya village. Ginger flower layered with narcissus and a faint lychee note, over a dense body.

A spring-plucked black tea with floral, honey and muscat aromas and a long finish.