Gande
High 'Inner Anxi' town in the north-west, the leading modern Tieguanyin producer and a major raw-tea market: about 50,000 mu and 5,000 t a year.
- Level
- Areatown (镇)
- Within
- Fujian › Quanzhou › Anxi County
At a glance#
- Output
- About 5,000 t a year from about 50,000 mu (town profile, undated but updated after 2024). Inference: the year is approximate.
Where it lies#
Tea places nearby, plotted by their coordinates. Only physical positions are shown, no boundaries.
Altitude#
Garden elevations here and in neighbouring places, as sourced.
Terroir#
- Soil
- Red soil ('泉甘土赤'), described as fertile.
- Slope and light
- Mountainous; the town profile says most of it lies at a bit over 500 m (so elevation_m is a typical value, not a garden range) and gives a mean temperature of 18–21 °C. A brand's promotional text puts its own gardens at 800–1,000 m, which is not independent evidence. Yunzhongshan provincial nature reserve is in the town.
Cultivation#
- Cultivars grown
- Tieguanyin
- Practice
- Organised through firms, cooperatives and family farms ('lead firm + cooperative + farmer'); demonstration ecological gardens.
Local words#
Market#
- Trading towns
- Gande (town tea market; Qingyun 庆芸 cooperative, the largest local one)
- Output
- About 5,000 t a year from about 50,000 mu (town profile, undated but updated after 2024). Inference: the year is approximate.
- Prices of teas claiming this origin
- In autumn 2017 cooperative starting prices in Gande and the other inner-Anxi towns were about 30% higher than a year earlier.
History#
- 2010-11Named 'China's number-one tea town' (中国茶叶第一镇) by the 中国商业企业管理协会.
Other names and written forms 2#
- 感德Gande
- 中国茶叶第一镇('China's number-one tea town')Title given in November 2010 by the 中国商业企业管理协会 (a business association), not by a government.
Notes#
Gande covers 221.78 km² in north-west Anxi, with 22 villages and about 72,000 people. It borders Jiandou to the east and Zhangping to the west. The town profile calls it a core Tieguanyin area: tea gives farmers over 80% of their income, and the whole tea chain is worth over 3 billion yuan. Most of the town lies at a bit over 500 m, with red soil and good spring water (泉甘土赤). Production runs through 2 provincial lead firms, 133 cooperatives and 49 family farms. Its raw-tea market is among the busiest in the county in season; in autumn 2017 it caused rare traffic jams. The town is also the ancestral home of the deity Baosheng Dadi (保生大帝) and the source of the 'Tea King God' (茶王公) cult.
Prices of teas claiming this origin#
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| Product | Vendor | Channel | per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxi Hairy Crab Mao Xie Fujian Oolong Tea | Yunnan Sourcing | International retail | $11.00 |
| Anxi Huang Jin Gui Oolong Tea of Fujian | Yunnan Sourcing | International retail | $13.00 |
| Anxi Ben Shan Oolong Tea | Yunnan Sourcing | International retail | $13.00 |
| Xiao Qing Tieguanyin | King Tea Mall | International retail | $15.96 |
| Tuo Suan Tieguanyin | King Tea Mall | International retail | $15.96 |
| Gan De Charcoal Roasted Tie Guan Yin | Yunnan Sourcing | International retail | $22.00 |
| Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea of Gande Village | Yunnan Sourcing | International retail | $68.00 |
Listings claiming this origin 7#
Price ranks compare recorded retail offers for the same tea, including offers outside the current delivery filter. Shipping and import charges are excluded.
| Product | Vendor | Price | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
Anxi Hairy Crab Mao Xie Fujian Oolong Tea
DetailsCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
|
Yunnan SourcingSelected destinations |
$5.50 / 50 g | $11.00 ≈ $0.88 a session |
Anxi Ben Shan Oolong Tea
DetailsCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
|
Yunnan SourcingSelected destinations |
$6.50 / 50 g | $13.00 ≈ $1.04 a session |
Anxi Huang Jin Gui Oolong Tea of Fujian
DetailsCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
|
Yunnan SourcingSelected destinations |
$6.50 / 50 g | $13.00 ≈ $1.04 a session |
Tuo Suan Tieguanyin
DetailsCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
|
King Tea MallWorldwide |
$3.99 / 25 g | $15.96 ≈ $1.28 a session |
Xiao Qing Tieguanyin
DetailsCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
|
King Tea MallWorldwide |
$3.99 / 25 g | $15.96 ≈ $1.28 a session |
Gan De Charcoal Roasted Tie Guan Yin
DetailsCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
|
Yunnan SourcingSelected destinations |
$5.50 / 25 g | $22.00 ≈ $1.76 a session |
Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea of Gande Village
DetailsCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
|
Yunnan SourcingSelected destinations |
$34.00 / 50 g | $68.00 ≈ $5.44 a session |
Prices recorded on the dates checked. Conversions use ECB rates dated 2026-10-20; original prices appear alongside. Origin, age and cultivar are stated by the vendor.