Premium Sun Moon Lake Black Tea

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Explore Sun Moon Lake Black Tea, a high-quality, competition-grade tea.

Considered by many experts to be the “Champagne” of black teas, Sun Moon Lake Black Tea stems from the Yuchi Township, which sits in the mountainous Nantou County in central Taiwan. It’s named for the Sun Moon Lake, a crystal-clear lake surrounded by misty mountains and steeped in history and culture.

• Tea Region: Taiwan’s Sun Moon Lake Tea Fields.
• Season: Spring 2026.
• Caffeine Level: Mid to High Caffeine.
• Time of Day to Drink: Morning or Early Afternoon.
• Hand Picked Tea: Yes.
• Forest Tea: Yes.
• Tea Quality: Gourmet level and Competition Grade.
• Flavor: Refreshing, Huigan (returning sweet), and floral, as well as comfortingly familiar.
• Single Origin Tea: Single Origin Tea from Superior Old Tea Trees in Taiwan’s High Mountain Premium Terrace Tea Fields.
• Tea Steep Method: 3-5 grams steeped for 20-30 seconds.
• Qi Strength: Low to Medium Qi.
• Attributes: Organic. High Elevation Drying and Ample Rainfall.

Tea masters use traditional and labor-intensive processes to craft a black tea that’s both refreshing and sweet.

Firstly, pickers select delicate top buds and leaves from the plant. They then spread the leaves on large bamboo mats to naturally wither them. The moisture levels drop, and the leaves become soft and malleable, ready for the next step.

Tea masters then get to work rolling the leaves, breaking the outer cell walls to release natural oils and enzymes, hastening the oxidation process, which is the next step.

The leaves interact with oxygen, and this is where they develop many of their complex flavors. They also transform astringent flavors into more complex, rounded, and sweeter notes. After the tea reaches peak oxidation, tea masters halt the process and then prepare the tea for packaging and shipping.

Needless to say, Sun Moon Lake Black Tea is a labor-intensive tea. As a result, quantities are limited. It’s one of the most popular black tea regions in Taiwan. However, Taiwan is best known for its oolong production, and black tea constitutes a small percentage of its total output, with Sun Moon Lake Black Tea composing a fraction of that amount.