Am I perhaps missing something?

[Madrel]

I've recently come back to the game, and discovered that there are apparently all kinds of cool tradeskill quests in the Abysmal Sea. Quests for beginners, that is. I looked up the zone on Allakhazam's and they do not list a quest for Alchemy.

Is there one?

[Liandra]

try Alchemy Freebie from the quests section on the main site.