Tea area
Alishan阿里山
Alishan, in Chiayi County, is the name most associated with Taiwanese high-mountain oolong — tea grown high in cool, misty conditions that concentrate sweetness and aroma. This page collects our source-backed Alishan-region listings: working tea estates and processing houses around Shizhuo, Meishan (Ruili, Ruifeng, Taixing) and Fanlu (Xiding), plus an Indigenous Tsou tea village — a useful starting point for planning tea at its source.
Best for
- High-mountain oolong at the source
- Visitor-facing tea estates and tea-making experiences
- Mountain scenery, cloud seas and serious tea travel
What to expect
- Tea grown above 1,000m — sweet, floral, low in bitterness
- Family estates around Shizhuo, Meishan and Xiding with tastings
- Reservation-based experiences and a longer journey from the city
Tea places in Alishan
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ChiayiAlishanPremium
Shizhuo High Mountain Estate
石棹高山茶莊
At 1,400 meters in the Alishan range, this family estate grows and roasts high mountain oolong. Tastings come with sweeping views over a sea of clouds.
Editor-visited
MountainScenicEstate
Tea-culture site
ChiayiAlishan
Yutong Tea Garden
御統茗園
An Alishan sightseeing tea garden in Leye Village producing high-mountain oolong, Jin Xuan and small-leaf honey black tea. The site promotes tea-garden visits and tea-making tours among the high slopes.
Source-backed · visit pending
High MountainTea GardenTea-making Tours
Tea-culture site
ChiayiAlishan
Chung Hsing Tea Factory
中興製茶所
A family tea factory in Leye Village, Alishan, that opens its cultivation-to-processing operation to visitors with staff-guided explanations and tastings. It produces oolong, Jin Xuan, black tea, competition tea and aged tea.
Source-backed · visit pending
High MountainWorking Tea FactoryGuided Tours
Tea shop
ChiayiAlishan
Ruifeng Daye Tea Garden
瑞峰大窯茶園
A family tea garden and factory in Ruifeng Village, Meishan, at around 1,300 metres, producing Qingxin oolong, Jin Xuan and ball-rolled black tea. An Alishan-area tea merchant selling its own high-mountain leaf.
Source-backed · visit pending
High MountainFamily Tea GardenTea Factory
Tea house
ChiayiAlishan
Wuli Village Teahouse
霧裡村
A mountain teahouse in Taihe Village, Meishan, run by the family behind the Baiguan tea workshop, pairing their own Zhangshu Lake high-mountain oolong with home-style food. Set in a mist-wrapped Alishan tea-growing area above 1,200 metres.
Source-backed · visit pending
Mountain TeahouseMistTea Producer
Tea-culture site
ChiayiAlishan
Lin Yuan Tea (Smile Teahouse)
林園製茶
A working high-mountain tea factory in Shizhuo on the Alishan Highway offering a reservation-based half-day tea-arts experience — tea-garden walk, picking, processing and tasting. Tea is Alishan high-mountain oolong grown at roughly 1,200–1,600 metres.
Source-backed · visit pending
High MountainTea-arts ExperienceShizhuo
Tea house
ChiayiAlishan
Kiyota Alley Tea House
清田弄喫茶堂
A small weekend tea house near Fenqihu station, founded by a returnee from a tea-farming family, serving the family's naturally farmed Alishan tea in a succulent-filled garden setting. A quiet stop on the old railway route up the mountain.
Source-backed · visit pending
FenqihuGardenWeekend
Tea-culture site
ChiayiAlishan
Sheng Li Farm
生力農場
A long-established tea farm in the Xiding area on the Alishan Highway (around 1,250 metres) offering reservation-based outdoor tea-picking, tea-making instruction, factory tours and a tasting of regional Alishan teas. A hands-on high-mountain tea experience.
Source-backed · visit pending
High MountainTea PickingXiding
Tea-culture site
ChiayiAlishan
Yuyupas Tsou Cultural Village
優遊吧斯鄒族文化部落
An Indigenous Tsou cultural village at around 1,300 metres in Leye, Alishan, where tea masters brew Alishan oolong inside traditional Tsou tea houses. It combines tea and coffee tasting, Tsou performance, and a cultural-history hall.
Source-backed · visit pending
Indigenous TsouHigh MountainCultural Village
Tea house
ChiayiAlishan
FKUO Mountain Hibiscus Tea
山芙蓉茶業
A Tsou Indigenous tea brand in Leye, Alishan, run by a tea-maker family with reservation-based forest tea ceremonies and a tea-roasting experience. It serves self-grown high-mountain tea alongside Indigenous cuisine.
Source-backed · visit pending
IndigenousForest Tea CeremonyTea Roasting
Tea house
ChiayiAlishan
Tryngoal Tea House
山角鐵茶屋
A small reservation-only design tea house among the tea gardens of Zhangshuhu, Meishan, run by a returning local couple to promote local tea culture. Guests do a semi-self-serve brewing experience with mountain views.
Source-backed · visit pendingBeginner-friendly
Design Tea HouseReservation-onlyTea Gardens
Tea house
ChiayiAlishan
Teascent Valley
林韻茶園
A third-generation tea estate in Taixing, Meishan — a noted Alishan Jinxuan area — reborn in 2018 from a former tea factory. It offers weekend, reservation-based tea-tasting and evaluation experiences plus tea and gift sets.
Source-backed · visit pending
Tea EstateTea EvaluationReservation-based
Tea house
ChiayiAlishan
Mingyuan Tea Estate (Cha San Dai)
茗園茶葉民宿
A pioneering Ruili tea-farming family's estate with an on-site tea workshop, leading guests in tea-picking and tea-making during harvest season. The third generation runs the 'Cha San Dai' tea brand.
Source-backed · visit pending
Tea EstateTea-making ExperienceRuili
Tea shop
ChiayiAlishan
Rui Ming Xiang Tea Estate
瑞茗祥
A family tea estate at around 1,200 metres in Ruifeng, Meishan, with over 30 years of cultivation producing oolong, Jin Xuan and small-leaf black tea. It offers tea-picking, hand-rolling and bamboo-grove tea-ceremony experiences.
Source-backed · visit pending
Tea EstateHigh MountainTea Experiences
Tea house
ChiayiAlishan
Erjianshan Leisure Tea Garden
二尖山休閒茶園
A scenic tea garden and view restaurant at the top of the Erjianshan trail in Longyan, Meishan, surrounded by terraced Alishan tea slopes. It serves tea-leaf dishes and local cuisine with panoramic mountain views.
Source-backed · visit pending
ScenicTea GardenView Restaurant
Tea shop
ChiayiAlishan
Sunyes Tea
上意茶業
An Alishan tea specialty retailer based in Ruifeng, Meishan, selling Alishan tea in canned, loose-leaf and gift-box formats. A brick-and-mortar tea shop in the high-mountain tea belt.
Source-backed · visit pending
Tea MerchantAlishan TeaRuifeng
Tea shop
ChiayiAlishan
Drizzle Tea (Xiaoshan Mu Ming)
小山霂茗
A Shizhuo-based producer specialising in hand-picked Alishan Zhulu (珠露) oolong from the strictly delimited Shizhuo growing area. It emphasises fully hand-picked leaf and a distinctive roasting method.
Source-backed · visit pending
ShizhuoZhulu OolongHand-picked
Tea-culture site
ChiayiAlishan
Bihushan Tourist Tea Estate
碧湖山觀光茶園
A tourist tea estate and homestay in Meishan with sweeping Alishan tea-terrace, cloud-sea and sunrise views. It produces and serves its own greater-Alishan high-mountain teas.
Source-backed · visit pending
Tea EstateCloud SeaScenic
Tea shop
ChiayiAlishan
Wangding Tea Garden
王鼎茶園
A second-generation family tea garden in the Ruili / Dalishan high-mountain zone of greater Alishan, around 1,000–1,250 metres, producing orchid-fragrant Alishan oolong from Qingxin cultivar.
Source-backed · visit pending
Family Tea GardenHigh MountainRuili
Tea-culture site
ChiayiAlishan
Xulong Tea
旭隆製茶
An Alishan tea estate and processing house at Xiding offering tea tastings, self-service tea ceremonies and hands-on ball-tea making with mountain views. It produces a range of Alishan teas including oolong and Jin Xuan.
Source-backed · visit pending
Tea EstateTea ExperiencesXiding
Tea-culture site
ChiayiAlishan
Shengyuan Tea
生元茶葉
A Taixing-village tea farm at around 1,500 metres offering terraced-garden tea tastings, where a tea master brews Jin Xuan, oolong and black tea among the rows. Experiences are by reservation.
Source-backed · visit pending
High MountainTerraced GardenTaixing
How to choose
Alishan is a serious tea-travel destination spread across several mountain villages — decide whether you want a tea-making experience, an estate tasting or simply to buy tea, then pick a listing nearby. Many estates run on reservation only, so plan transport and timing ahead and confirm any visit directly before you go.
Before you go: opening status and details can change. Listings here are editor-visited or source-backed with visits pending — always verify current details on a venue’s official source before visiting.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Alishan tea?
- High-mountain oolong grown in the Alishan range. Slow growth in cool, misty conditions produces a sweet, floral, low-bitterness cup that's among Taiwan's most celebrated.
- Where in Alishan should I go for tea?
- The tea sits across several villages — Shizhuo on the Alishan Highway, Meishan's Ruili, Ruifeng and Taixing, and Fanlu's Xiding. Each has source-backed estates on this page; pick by what you want to do and how far you're travelling.
- Can I visit a tea estate in Alishan?
- Many estates welcome visitors for tastings and tea-making, but several are reservation-only and arrangements vary. Confirm directly in advance — this is a remote, weather-dependent mountain region.
- Are these venues visited by Leaf Guide?
- They are source-backed listings compiled from official venue and government tourism sources, with visits still pending and clearly marked. Verify current details before you go.