Caoling 草嶺

The drying shed used to cure oolong; the family kept the racks and changed what sits on them.

Natural lots here take up to three weeks, which is a gamble in a wet autumn and a good one in a dry year.

What they grow

Visiting

Visits run on a harvest tours basis. Write two weeks ahead inside the harvest window, and confirm whether the mill is running that day.

• Annual output is around 0.9 t.
• Outside the season the farm is usually closed; call first.
• Routes that include this region

What we verified