Heavy Roast Spring Rou Gui (Cinnamon)

This Rou Gui offers a robust infusion with a distinctive mineral backbone, characteristic of Wuyi rock teas. Its medium-heavy roast brings forth warm notes of cinnamon spice and toasted nuts, concludi. It leans mineral, spicy and roasted.

Water around 85–95 °C (185–205 °F). In a mug, steep 3–4 min. For gongfu, use 5–7 g per 100 ml, 10–30 s steeps (8–15 rounds). You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. Heavier roasts can take boiling water no problem.

Grown in Fujian, China from the Rou Gui cultivar. This batch is from the Spring 2023 harvest. The leaves got a heavy roast after picking.

Starts at $1.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.11/g. A 7g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.66 per session. Explore more oolong teas on Teadar.