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Alishan Tea Cooperative

Central Taiwan Highlands, Taiwan
[{'name': 'Alishan Farmers Association', 'role': 'Cooperative coordination and certification', 'notes': "The Alishan Farmers Association conducts biannual tea competitions (spring and winter) that grade and price the cooperative's output; competition-grade teas fetch premium prices"}] · {'founded': 'Commercial high-mountain tea cultivation began 1980s–1990s', 'elevation': '1,000–1,800m; gaoshan designation requires 1,000m minimum', 'competition': 'Biannual Alishan competition awards: Special Grade (金牌/gold), First Grade (銀牌/silver), etc.', 'specialties': 'Qingxin (Green Heart) oolong — the prestige Taiwan cultivar; Jinxuan (TRES #12) with natural milky note; Cuiyu (TRES #13) green floral', 'bc_availability': 'Floating Leaves Tea (Seattle, ships to BC); online Taiwan tea retailers; some Vancouver tea shops'}
Verified estate 1

The reputation — the story that sells at the table

Alishan tea is the entry point to Taiwan's high-mountain oolong world — the most accessible of the gaoshan elevations, offering the characteristic butter-cream sweetness, floral notes, and lingering finish that makes Taiwan oolong distinctive from Chinese oolong. For sommeliers new to Taiwan tea, Alishan Qingxin is the reference standard: clearly delicious, clearly distinctive, and clearly worth the premium over lower-altitude equivalents.

Practice
The Alishan Tea Cooperative represents the collective production of Alishan mountain's (1,000–1,800m) family farms, maintaining quality standards for the gaoshan (high mountain) designation while sharing processing facilities and export logistics. Alishan's lower-altitude teas (1,000–1,300m) provide more volume and accessibility; the higher farms (1,500–1,800m) produce the most concentrated flavours.
Positioning
premium · Floating Leaves Tea (Seattle, ships to BC); online Taiwan tea retailers.
Importer lines
US — not yet · UK — not yet · Japan — not yet
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