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Central foothills

Guoxing 國姓

A foothill belt between Puli and Taichung, mostly family plots of a few hundred trees.

Elevation
400–900 m
Harvest
Oct–Jan
Varieties
SL34, Typica
Estates
02
Guoxing

Guoxing is a foothill belt nobody writes about. Plots run a few hundred trees, often interplanted with betel palm, and are milled at a shared facility.

The coffee is clean but rarely reaches the auction tier; most of it is sold green to roasters in Taichung.

Estates in this region

Estates Elevation Varieties Visits
Da Feng 750 m SL34, Typica By appointment
Beigang 680 m SL34, Typica By appointment

Getting there and when to go

The harvest runs Oct–Jan, between 400–900 m. Outside the season most farms do not open to visitors, so confirm before you travel.

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Harvest windows, elevation, and varieties on this page are reported by the estates and regional offices, then cross-checked against a second source.

Harvest window · Guoxing OCT–JAN
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