2021 Gold Medal Rou Gui
2021 Gold Medal Rou Gui
Crafted by the Li Family
The Li Family hand picks high-elevation spring-fed tea from their misty plot in the Wuyi Ecological Preserve. Their biodiverse plantings, and careful hand-finishing win them awards year after year.
- truesavory95butter caramel sauce, toasted barleytruespice100ginseng, nutmeg, aloeswoodtruefloral65vanilla, osmanthustruefruit65neroli, plumfalsefloral60rose petal, jasminetruepowerful, lingering, rocky
Tasting Profile
- savory - butter caramel sauce, toasted barley
- spice - ginseng, nutmeg, aloeswood
- floral - vanilla, osmanthus
- fruit - neroli, plum
- texture - powerful, lingering, rocky
- DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2021
- Wuyishan Ecological PreserveWuyishan, Fujian
- ELEVATION600 METERS
- Rou GuiTea Varietal
Dark spice, caramel and yun sensation - the new 2021 harvest is here!
Rou Gui is quickly becoming one of the most popular Wuyi Oolongs across China for its intense concentrated aroma, and the textural cooling tingling sensation called yun that it shows off at the highest levels. Li Xiangxi and her family’s Rou Gui has been winning gold and silver medals at competition for years due to their incredible skill at coaxing the best aroma from each leaf through slow subtle roasting. This year, they set aside enough of their award-winning harvest for us to share.
- DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2021
- 4620840 seconds305620815-20 seconds15512room temp8 hours
Steeping Instructions
Western
4 g.6
oz.use 208° watersteep 40 secondsresteep many times
add 30 sec. each infusionGongfu
5 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 15-20 seconds
add 15 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
5 g.12
oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
8 hoursadd ice & enjoy