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Wuyi

One of the old Fujian cultivars carried to Taiwan by nineteenth-century migrants, and named for the mountains it came from rather than for the tea Taiwan makes with it. It is planted mainly in the north for Baozhong and lightly oxidised styles, where its clean, green-floral character suits a tea that is barely rolled and barely oxidised. Its survival alongside modern bred cultivars is a reminder of how much Taiwanese tea is a Fujian transplant.

武夷Camellia sinensis var. sinensisTaiwanAlso called Taiwan Wuyi

Where it sits in the botany

Wuyi is recorded under Camellia sinensis var. sinensis, the variety group one level above cultivar. It is associated with Taiwan, which is where it was selected or is most widely planted rather than the only place it grows.

Also transliterated as: wuyi, wu yi.

What the plant is like

Upright growth and a clean, green-floral aroma. Used chiefly for Wenshan Baozhong and other lightly oxidised northern Taiwanese teas.

What it is usually made into

The categories this cultivar is typically processed into. It is a statement about common practice, not a limit — processing decides the category, and a cultivar can be taken down more than one route.

  • Oolong — Partially oxidised teas, bruised deliberately and often roasted — the widest-ranging category in tea.

Teas in the catalogue made from Wuyi

Other cultivars in Camellia sinensis var. sinensis

Sources

  • TeaHQ editorial synthesis — TeaHQ

This page is TeaHQ’s own synthesis throughout. No breeding register or institutional record stands behind the account above, which is why the origin note carries its confidence in the open rather than reading as a citation.

How TeaHQ handles sources

Written comparisons

Where TeaHQ has set this cultivar against something it is routinely confused with, and argued the differences out in full.

  • Wuyi (Taiwan) vs Qing Xin for Baozhong — Northern Taiwan’s Wenshan district makes the island’s lightest oolong, and it makes it from two plants that pull in slightly different directions. The Taiwanese cultivar called Wuyi is unrelated to the Fujian mountain of the same name, and it is the traditional Baozhong plant.