青心乌龙青心烏龍
Qingxin Wulong
Traditional, late-sprouting Taiwan cultivar valued for oolong and Baozhong, with relatively weak drought and pest resistance.
- Botanical
- Camellia sinensis
- Kind
- clonal cultivar
Also sold or written as 7#
Chinese variants
- 軟枝烏龍(soft-stem oolong)TRES alias.
- 種仔 / 正欉 (also written 種籽 / 正叢)TRES aliases; two TRES pages write them differently.
- 青心 / 烏龍 / 茶種Qingxin / Wulong / ChazhongFurther TRES aliases (烏龍 in Zhudong).
Translations and trade names
- Chin Shin Oolong
- Qing Xin
- Green Heart oolong
- Ruan Zhi
Names and ambiguities#
Notes#
Identity. The tea research institute describes Qingxin Wulong as an introduced mainland cultivar, with established use for oolong and especially Baozhong. The precise connection to Aijiao Wulong and the historical sequence of selection in Taiwan remain unconfirmed in the original sources examined for this audit.
Numbered cultivars. Qingxin Wulong is distinct from TTES 17, Bailu. The science education centre records Bailu as Tainung 335 crossed with Tainung 1958 and named in 1983. A seller’s use of “TRES #17” for Qingxin Wulong should therefore not be treated as a botanical synonym.
Teas made from it#
台湾乌龙茶
Taiwan oolong Táiwān wūlóngchá
Grouping for Taiwan's partly oxidised teas, from strip Baozhong (about 8–25% oxidation per TRES) to Oriental Beauty (50–60%), mostly from Qingxin Wulong and Jinxuan.
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冻顶乌龙茶
Dong Ding oolong Dòngdǐng wūlóngchá
Medium-oxidised, cloth-ball-rolled and roasted Qingxin oolong from Lugu, Nantou; the style is now made well beyond the Dong Ding tableland.
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高山乌龙茶
Taiwan high-mountain oolong Gāoshān wūlóngchá
Lightly oxidised, ball-rolled oolong from gardens at about 1,000 m or more in Nantou, Chiayi and Taichung; the threshold is a convention.
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阿里山高山茶
Alishan high-mountain oolong Ālǐshān gāoshān chá
High-mountain oolong from Chiayi’s Greater Alishan tea area, including Meishan, Zhuqi, Fanlu and Alishan, mainly made from Qingxin Wulong and Jinxuan.
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梨山茶
Lishan high-mountain oolong Líshān chá
High-mountain Qingxin oolong from Lishan and Baxianshan in Taichung's Heping District, among Taiwan's highest gardens; only two or three crops a year in places.
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文山包种茶
Wenshan Baozhong Wénshān bāozhǒngchá
Lightly oxidised, twisted-strip (not ball) oolong from the Wenshan hills of New Taipei and Taipei, centred on Pinglin; floral and fresh.
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三峡碧螺春
Sanxia Biluochun Sānxiá Bìluóchūn
Curled green tea from Sanxia, New Taipei, strongly associated with the Qingxin Ganzai cultivar.
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