Tea area
Taitung / Luye台東
Taitung, on Taiwan's quiet east coast, is the birthplace of Red Oolong — a fuller, fruitier oolong developed in the Luye highlands — and a source of honey-scented black tea. This page collects our source-backed Taitung listings: highland tea farms and cooperatives around Luye and Beinan, a city tea shop, and a heritage black-tea museum.
Best for
- Red Oolong at its source in the Luye highlands
- Honey-scented black tea and organic tea farms
- East-coast tea travel away from the crowds
What to expect
- Luye-plateau tea farms, cooperatives and homestays
- Red Oolong and honey-scented black tea
- A heritage tea factory turned culture museum
Tea places in Taitung / Luye
Open in the directory →13 listings
Tea-culture site
TaitungLuye
Luye Recreational Tea Farm
鹿野觀光茶園
An official tourist tea plantation area on the Luye Highlands of Taitung's East Rift Valley, known for long sunshine hours ideal for tea growing and for its signature Red Oolong. Home-stays are scattered among the tea fields.
Source-backed · visit pending
Highland TeaRed OolongScenic
Tea-culture site
TaitungLuye
Imagine Taitung
饗嚮台東
A leisure tea farm near the Luye Visitor Center offering an experiential tour built around Red Oolong — a tea-farm walk, tea picking and tasting. Its Red Oolong uses a process co-developed by the local tea research station and farmers.
Source-backed · visit pending
Leisure FarmRed OolongTea Picking
Tea shop
TaitungLuye
Buoya Pavilion
博雅齋
A Luye (Longtian Village) tea producer founded in 1986 specializing in Red Oolong, including fruity, premium and top-grade styles. A grower-retailer in Taitung's Luye highlands.
Source-backed · visit pending
Highland TeaRed OolongFamily Producer
Tea shop
TaitungTaitung City
Yun Fun Tea Garden
允芳茶園
A Taitung Red Oolong producer and retailer with a storefront on Gengsheng Road in Taitung City. It grows and sells the region's signature Red Oolong.
Source-backed · visit pending
Red OolongTea ProducerStorefront
Tea shop
TaitungLuye
Red Oolong Cooperative
紅烏龍合作社
A Luye growers' cooperative on Gaotai Road producing Red Oolong under named single profiles and operating a flagship store. It promotes Luye Red Oolong as the region's specialty.
Source-backed · visit pending
CooperativeRed OolongFlagship Store
Tea shop
TaitungLuye
Tianlai Tea Garden
天來茶園
A three-generation tea family near the Luye Gaotai Visitor Center, producing Red Oolong, high-mountain oolong and honey-scented black tea. The renovated shop also serves tea-flavoured beef noodles.
Source-backed · visit pending
Red OolongFamily ProducerLuye Gaotai
Museum
TaitungLuye
Xin Yuan Chang Black Tea Industry Culture Museum
新元昌紅茶產業文化館
A culture museum and working tea factory in Luye, converted from Taitung's first tea-processing plant, with guided tours, historic equipment, lei-cha experiences and Red Oolong tasting. A heritage anchor for Taitung tea.
Source-backed · visit pending
MuseumHistoric Tea FactoryGuided Tours
Tea house
TaitungTaitung City
Engine Shed Tea House 1917
機關車庫 Tea House 1917
A tea house and restaurant in a restored century-old Japanese railway engine shed in Taitung City, with a drink menu centred on Taitung Red Oolong alongside dim sum. A heritage-building setting for the region's signature tea.
Source-backed · visit pendingBeginner-friendly
Historic BuildingRailway HeritageRed Oolong
Tea shop
TaitungTaitung City
Dongjie Tea Garden
東傑茶園
A Beinan-based tea producer with a fresh-brew tea shop and tea-making facility on Datong Road in Taitung City. It grows high-elevation organic Red Oolong and honey-scented black tea.
Source-backed · visit pendingBeginner-friendly
Red OolongFresh-brewCity Tea Shop
Tea shop
TaitungBeinan
Da-Feng Tea House
大峰茶園
An organic tea operation in Beinan (Mingfeng), established 1978 and organically certified since 2011. It produces organic Red Oolong, honey red oolong, black tea and Qingxin oolong.
Source-backed · visit pending
OrganicRed OolongSince 1978
Tea shop
TaitungLuye
Biluoyuan Tea House
碧蘿園茗茶坊
A Luye tea house specialising in Taitung Red Oolong, including honey-scented and ripe-fruit styles, plus sustainably grown oolong and Jinxuan. It offers hands-on tea experiences in the Luye highlands.
Source-backed · visit pending
Red OolongTea ExperiencesLuye Highlands
Tea house
TaitungLuye
Lien Chi Tea House
連記茶莊
An organic tea farm and guesthouse on Luye's Gaotai plateau, with red oolong and honey-scented black tea as its signature teas. It bills itself as Taitung's first licensed homestay, with tea-named guest rooms.
Source-backed · visit pending
OrganicRed OolongLuye Gaotai
Tea house
TaitungLuye
Ludingji Leisure Tea House
鹿嵿記休閒茶莊
A hillside leisure tea farm in Luye's Longtian with its own tea garden, homestay and a white-container café, run by an experienced tea-maker producing pesticide-free red oolong. A relaxed Luye-highland tea stop.
Source-backed · visit pending
Leisure Tea FarmRed OolongCafé
How to choose
Most of the tea sits on the Luye plateau — choose a farm or cooperative to taste Red Oolong at source, or the heritage museum for context, with a city tea shop for buying. Visits and tea experiences are often by reservation, so confirm current details 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
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Taitung known for in tea?
- Red Oolong (紅烏龍) — a fuller, fruitier, fully oxidised oolong developed in Taitung's Luye highlands — along with honey-scented black tea made from leafhopper-bitten leaves.
- Where should I go for tea in Taitung?
- The Luye plateau is the heartland: source-backed tea farms and a growers' cooperative there sell Red Oolong and honey black tea, and a heritage black-tea museum tells the region's story. A city tea shop is handy for buying.
- Are these venues visited by Leaf Guide?
- They are source-backed from official venue sites and government tourism sources, with visits still pending and clearly marked. Verify current details before visiting.