Tea shops · Taipei, Taiwan
Tea shops · Taipei, TaiwanWolf Tea (琅茶)
A single-origin Taiwanese tea shop started in 2013 on Alishan, with its first shop opened in 2014 in Taipei's Minsheng Community and a second on Liangzhou Street, selling small 35 g to 50 g packs.
Thirty-five grams is the honest size for a tea you have never tried, and this shop sells almost everything that way: a Bi Luo Chun, a honey black, an Oriental Beauty, each with the mountain and the farmer's valley on the label.
Wolf Tea, 琅茶, was founded in 2013 at Fenqihu on Alishan and is named after the tea selector's father. Its first shop opened in 2014 in the Minsheng Community of Songshan District, at No. 8, Alley 6, Lane 97, Section 4 of Minsheng East Road, about eight minutes on foot from exit 3 of Songshan Airport MRT; it opens from 13:00 to 19:00 and closes on Sunday. A second shop at No. 106 Liangzhou Street in Datong, ten minutes from Daqiaotou MRT, opens 10:30 to 17:30 and closes on Tuesday.
The teas are single-origin and Taiwanese, each labelled with its place: high-mountain oolongs from Dayuling, Lishan, Shanlinxi and Alishan Zhangshuhu, a charcoal-roasted Dong Ding from Lugu, Muzha Tieguanyin, Oriental Beauty from Miaoli, Pinglin Baozhong, Sanxia Bi Luo Chun green, and a row of Taiwanese blacks: Ruby No. 18, Ruisui honey black, Jin Xuan black and Taiwan No. 21. There are also low-caffeine roasted teas, tea bags and teaware by Taiwanese makers.
Loose teas start at 35 g to 50 g, with simple packs of 70 g to 200 g for the ones you already know, so the entry prices are low: Baozhong and Ruby at NT$ 360 for 40 g, Alishan Zhangshuhu at NT$ 480 and Muzha Tieguanyin at NT$ 530 for 50 g, Bi Luo Chun and the honey black at NT$ 580 for 35 g. The house also supplies restaurants and cafés and runs regular pop-ups abroad, in Japan and Penang.
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Where it is
Minsheng Community (Songshan)
No. 8, Aly. 6, Ln. 97, Sec. 4, Minsheng E. Rd, Songshan District, Taipei (台北市松山區民生東路四段97巷6弄8號)
About 8 min on foot from Songshan Airport MRT, exit 3
Hours: Mon–Sat 13:00–19:00 · Sun closed
Liangzhou Street (Datong)
No. 106, Liangzhou St, Datong District, Taipei (台北市大同區涼州街106號)
About 10 min on foot from Daqiaotou MRT, exit A1
Hours: Wed–Mon 10:30–17:30 · Tue closed
What to buy here
Tieguanyin
果韻鐵觀音 木柵 深焙 (Muzha Tieguanyin)
from NT$ 530 · 50 g
A deep-roasted Muzha Tieguanyin, the Taipei hills' own tea, with the fruit-and-roast character the shop names it after.
See our page on this tea →Darjeeling
蜜香紅茶 花蓮瑞穗 (Ruisui Honey Black)
from NT$ 580 · 35 g
A honey black from Ruisui in Hualien, the east-coast black tea whose sweetness comes from leafhopper-bitten leaf, in a 35 g pack.
See our page on this tea →Baozhong
桂香包種 坪林 (Pinglin Baozhong)
from NT$ 360 · 40 g
Pinglin Baozhong in 40 g, the osmanthus-scented strip oolong from the hills behind Taipei, and the lowest entry price on the shelf.
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The one worth the trip
炭焙凍頂 鹿谷 深焙 (Charcoal-roasted Dong Ding)
from NT$ 560 · 50 g
The charcoal-roasted Dong Ding from Lugu: the old-style roast that most modern shops have abandoned, in 50 g, and the tea to carry back from the Minsheng Community.
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| Tea | Type | Price | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 桂香包種 坪林 (Pinglin Baozhong) | Oolong tea | from NT$ 360 | 40 g |
| 紅玉紅茶 坪林 (Ruby No. 18 Black Tea, natural mint note) | Black tea | from NT$ 360 | 40 g |
| 悠韻烏龍 阿里山樟樹湖 (Alishan Zhangshuhu Oolong) | Oolong tea | from NT$ 480 | 50 g |
| 果韻鐵觀音 木柵 深焙 (Muzha Tieguanyin) | Oolong tea | from NT$ 530 | 50 g |
| 炭焙凍頂 鹿谷 深焙 (Charcoal-roasted Dong Ding) | Oolong tea | from NT$ 560 | 50 g |
| 頂級碧螺春 三峽 (Sanxia Bi Luo Chun) | Green tea | from NT$ 580 | 35 g |
| 蜜香紅茶 花蓮瑞穗 (Ruisui Honey Black) | Black tea | from NT$ 580 | 35 g |
| 東方蜜美人 苗栗 (Oriental Beauty) | Oolong tea | from NT$ 600 | 35 g |
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