Rou Gui Xiang Dan Cong — Cinnamon aroma · charcoal-baked

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Dan Cong · Wudong, Phoenix Mountain, Chaozhou, Guangdong

Rou Gui Xiang Dan Cong

Cinnamon aroma · charcoal-baked

4.4 · 13 reviews

CAD 57.00$

Baked three times over hardwood charcoal with weeks of rest between: florals folded down into caramel and dark honey.

CaramelRoasted chestnutThick bodyKeeps for years

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Origin: Wudong, Phoenix Mountain, Chaozhou, Guangdong
Altitude: 1,050 m
Cultivar: Ya Shi Xiang single bush
Harvest: Spring pick, baked three times over charcoal
Oxidation: 50%
Roast: Baked over hardwood charcoal
Caffeine: Moderate-high
Liquor: Pale gold
SKU: CY-DC-L05

Baking over hardwood charcoal is slow, manual and increasingly rare, because the baker has to judge the fire by hand across repeated bakes with weeks of rest between. What it produces is a tea of a completely different order: the florals fold down into caramel, roasted chestnut and dark honey, the body thickens, and the tea will keep improving for years in a sealed tin. The fire is never tasted — a good charcoal bake leaves no smoke, only depth.

Ya Shi Xiang itself comes from Wudong, Phoenix Mountain, Chaozhou, Guangdong, grown as ya shi xiang single bush, at 1,050 m. This lot is that same tea, handled and graded as described above — the leaf, the mountain and the maker do not change, only the picking window and the price.

Gaiwan: 6 g · 120 ml · 95 °C · 8 s first, then +5 s · 10 infusions
Western: 4 g per 300 ml · 95 °C · 90 s
Vessel: Small porcelain gaiwan

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Shipping is complimentary on orders over CAD 79.00$; below that a flat CAD 9.50$ applies. HST (13%) is calculated at checkout. Duties and import taxes are the recipient's responsibility.

Unopened tins can be returned within 30 days for a full refund. If a tea is not to your taste, tell us — we would rather send you something you like than keep the money.

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