The 10 Specialty Teas from Taiwan are a categorization developed by the TBRS (ex TRES) to formally clasify the most well known taiwanese teas into 10 well stablished categories.

This 10 Specialty Teas are distinguished by their production process, and some of them also by the Cultivar which they are made from.

Knowing and identifying the 10 Specialty Teas is a great way to understand the taiwanese tea industry and will give you a wide appreciation of the most famous teas we drink in Taiwan.

After being in contact with many farmers and producers, we carefully curated a selection of the the best example of each of the 10 Speacialty Teas for you to try them all at home, they are all listed here (if there is a link in the name of the tea you can check the full description of them in our online shop):

1. Taiwanese Green Tea: Sanxia Bi Luo Chun

2. Fragrant Tea Twisted-Shape: Wenshan Baozhong

3. Fragrant Tea Pearl-Shape: Lishan Wulong

4. Pearl-Shape Roasted Tea Dong Ding: Lugu Competition Dong Ding

5. Pearl-Shape Roasted Tea Tie Guan Yin: Traditional Muzha Tie Guan Yin

6. Pearl-Shape Roasted Tea Red Wulong: Lishan Red Wulong

7. Oriental Beauty Tea: Lishan Oriental Beauty

8. Taiwan Small Leaf Red Tea: Lishan Small Leaf Red Tea

9. Taiwan Big Leaf Red Tea: Mingjian Ruby 18 Red Tea

10. Taiwan Honey Aroma Red Tea: Lishan Honey Aroma Red Tea