Camelia Formosensis also know as SHAN CHA. It's an endemic tea plant probably well know for millennia by Taiwan Indigenous people.
This tea is growing deep in to the mountain and it’s an equivalent of wild GuShu from Yunnan.
It takes almost 2 hours hike into the mountain to pick the leaves.
This specific batch was carefully and very skillfully processed as BaoZhongOolong. It has both the characteristics present. Wild native tea and refined charming nuances of Taiwanese Oolong.
Anctient forest, 1500 meters, LiuGuei, Kaoshiung County
cultivar: Camelia Formosensis (山茶)
It was hand Picked, oxidized for 18 hours and roasted for 6 hours on low temperature.
March/6th 2025
3/2025 SHAN CHA -山茶- Wild BaoZhongOolong
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