Dark, tightly twisted strips with a matte sheen — dry aroma of cinnamon bark and toasted grain.
wet leaf
Opens to copper-red edges on olive leaves — smell shifts to baked plum, hot rock, faint vanilla.
liquor
Deep amber with an orange ring at the cup edge — bright clarity, no haze even at peak strength.
aroma
Cassia, scorched sugar, river stone after rain — the roast sits behind the spice rather than over it.
taste
Spicy entry, narrow and focused, then a mineral mid-palate that broadens into stewed peach and brown butter. Light astringency holds the shape together.
finish
Long cooling huigan — *yán yùn* lingers on the back palate, returning sweet for two or three minutes.
Brewing
A method, not a recipe.
Method
gongfu
Ratio
5g / 100ml
Water temp
100°C
First infusion
8s after a quick 3s rinse
Subsequent
8–10 steeps, adding 3–5s per round from infusion 4 onward