Heavy Roast Spring Rou Gui (Cinnamon)

This heavily roasted Rou Gui Oolong presents a warming and complex character. Expect prominent notes of baked cinnamon and rich dark caramel, beautifully balanced with a robust minerality, culminating. It leans spiced, roasted and mineral.

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 harvest. The leaves got a heavy roast after picking.

Starts at $1.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.07/g. A 15g package gets you around 3 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.42 per session. Explore more oolong teas on Teadar.