This high level of name recognition naturally also makes Mt. Ali tea a byword for Taiwanese high mountain tea. Tea farmer Huang Jung-chia, from the town of Chuchi, is a frequent visitor to China and has observed that there is already a great deal of fake "Mt. Ali tea" available there: "All packaged the same as the real stuff, but the tea itself is nothing special!"
經常往來大陸的竹崎鄉茶農黃榮嘉說，大陸現在有很多冒名的「阿里山比賽茶」，「包裝做得一模一樣，但裡面的茶不怎麼樣！」