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Tea shops · TaiwanOur favorite tea shops in Taoyuan
3 places we'd send a friend to.
Taoyuan's tea is bought where it is made or roasted, in the districts south of the airport rather than downtown: a family tea shop ten minutes from Zhongli station, a 1983 roasting factory on the hill next to Leofoo Village in Longtan, and the 1926 Daxi tea factory of the Taiwan Tea Corporation, restored as a working museum. Expect Taiwanese high-mountain oolong by the 150 g vacuum pack or the 600 g catty, Longtan's own black and Baozhong teas, Ruby No. 18 in tins, and bulk commercial grades from NT$150 for 600 g of sencha to NT$4,000 for a catty of Lishan spring oolong.
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Hefeng Tea (禾豐茗茶)
Zhongli District (中壢區), Longgang Road, 10 min on foot from the rear exit of Zhongli station · No. 3, Sec. 2, Longgang Rd, Zhongli District, Taoyuan 320 (320桃園市中壢區龍岡路二段3號)
In storeShips onlineHours: Daily from 10:00; Sundays irregular, the shop asks you to call first· 11 pricesA single family shop at No. 3, Sec. 2, Longgang Road in Zhongli, ten minutes on foot from the rear exit of Zhongli station, that sells its own Taiwanese high-mountain oolongs in 150 g vacuum packs: Alishan at NT$400, Shanlinxi at NT$800, Lishan at NT$1,200, Alishan Jin Xuan at NT$450, Si Ji Chun at NT$200 and a medium-roast Dong Ding at NT$500. The local pride is Longtan's own teas, a contest-grade Taoying black at NT$400 for 75 g and a prize-winning Longquan Baozhong at NT$380 for 300 g, next to a 2026 Oriental Beauty in a 75 g tin at NT$750, a jasmine green tin at NT$375 and a 2011 ripe pu-erh cake at NT$850. Orders go through the site, by phone or LINE, with island-wide delivery; the owner invites you to bring your own tea and compare it cup against cup.
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Gaoshan Tea Factory (高山製茶工廠)
Longtan District (龍潭區), Fuyuan Road, next to Leofoo Village · No. 396, Fuyuan Rd, Longtan District, Taoyuan 325 (325桃園市龍潭區福源路396號)
In store· 2 pricesA roasting-and-packing factory founded in 1983 at No. 396 Fuyuan Road in Longtan, round the corner from Leofoo Village, with a tea room at the front and prices quoted by the catty of 600 g. The premium shelf is high-mountain leaf: Lishan oolong at NT$2,500 and its spring picking at NT$4,000, Shanlinxi Longfengxia at NT$1,800, Alishan Jin Xuan and an Oriental Beauty from the Hsinchu-Miaoli hills at NT$1,500. Its main trade is the graded commercial tea that breakfast shops and bubble-tea shops buy by the bag, so a 600 g pack of Japanese-style sencha costs NT$150, genmaicha NT$180 and pu-erh NT$200, and a box of 25 nitrogen-flushed high-mountain tea bags NT$200. Orders are taken by phone or fax on weekday mornings and afternoons, cash on delivery, free shipping over NT$2,500.
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Daxi Old Tea Factory (大溪老茶廠 · 台灣農林)
Daxi District (大溪區), Shuiliudong, in the hills past Cihu on Provincial Highway 7 · No. 80, Ln. 732, Sec. 2, Fuxing Rd, Xinfeng Village, Daxi District, Taoyuan (桃園市大溪區新峰里復興路二段732巷80號)
In storeShips onlineHours: Daily 09:30–17:00 (food last order 16:30); guided tour 11:00· 11 pricesThe 1926 Jiaobanshan tea factory of the Taiwan Tea Corporation at No. 80, Lane 732, Sec. 2, Fuxing Road in Daxi, in the hills past Cihu, once a three-shift exporter of Nitto black tea and reopened in 2014 after a three-year restoration as a tea shop, café and exhibition under one 1,670-ping roof. Entry is NT$150, of which NT$100 comes back as credit on a same-day purchase. The company's online shop lists the teas the factory stands for: Ruby No. 18 at NT$450 and Taiwan Assam No. 8 at NT$400 in 50 g tins, a Sun Moon black blend at NT$170 for 150 g, Bi Luo Chun at NT$500 and an organic Daxi green at NT$420 in tins, Miaoli Oriental Beauty at NT$680 for 50 g, Alishan oolong at NT$950 and Dong Ding at NT$350 for 150 g, and a ripe pu-erh brick at NT$725. Bus 710 from MRT Yongning to Daxi Old Street, then the 5104.
Also worth a visit
- Ren He Tang Old Tea Shop (仁和堂老茶行) · Pingzhen District, 300 m south of the rear exit of Zhongli station · No. 3, Heping Rd, Pingzhen District, Taoyuan (桃園市平鎮區和平路三號)No online prices yet
A shop of some thirty years that roasts its high-mountain oolongs over longan charcoal, from a Nantou Si Ji Chun to Lishan, sold in 150 g and 600 g packs; open 9:00–21:00, with mail orders arranged by e-mail or LINE and paid by bank transfer.
- Taoyuan Tea Shop (桃園茶行) · Taoyuan District, behind Taoyuan station · No. 16, Guanhou 1st St, Taoyuan District, Taoyuan (桃園市桃園區館後一街16號)No online prices yet
A sixth-generation house that traces itself to Daxi in 1894: aged Taiwanese teas, high-mountain and Lalashan oolong, Ruby black tea and custom gift packing, Monday to Saturday 10:00–20:00. Enquiries through the form on its site.
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