Plant & Botany
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Tea grown above ~1,000 m, where slow growth and cool nights concentrate aromatic compounds.
High-altitude bushes grow more slowly under stronger UV and bigger temperature swings, producing thicker leaves with denser amino-acid and aromatic content. Famous examples: Lishan and Alishan in Taiwan, Ali Mountain in Yunnan.
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