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2023 Rou Gui Wuyi Oolong

2023 Rou Gui Wuyi Oolong

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Award-winning,
Famous Varietal Oolong
Rou Gui varietal is prized for the way it reflects the sense of place and finishing craft. The Li Family wins awards for their Rou Gui, with notes of cinnamon, pineapple, osmanthus, and molasses with a cooling aftertaste.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wuyishan, Fujian
Award-winning,
Famous Varietal Oolong
Rou Gui varietal is prized for the way it reflects the sense of place and finishing craft. The Li Family wins awards for their Rou Gui, with notes of cinnamon, pineapple, osmanthus, and molasses with a cooling aftertaste.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wuyishan, Fujian
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Crafted by the Li Family

Hand-picked and traditionally hand-finished within the true Wuyishan Ecological Preserve on forested biodiverse, rocky, mountainous land for distinct Wuyi minerality.
 
The Li Family is an award-winning, highly respected force for sustainability, hand-firing craft, rare varietal preservation, and tea education in Wuyishan.
    • DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2023
    • Wuyishan Ecological PreserveWuyishan, Fujian
    • ELEVATION600
    • Rou GuiTea Varietal

    The Li Family is becoming famous in Wuyishan for their Rou Gui. The combination of a biodiverse plot, full of wildflowers and natural forest cover, the volcanic rocky soil, mature root stock plants, and multiple twelve hour hand-firing processes spread over several months make their Rou Gui a true standout. Classically, Rou Gui is known for its cinnamon spice, but in the Li Family’s capable hands, the cinnamon spice is bolstered by tingling cooling undertones and deep minerality. This Rou Gui is Li Xiangxi’s focus in all her taste training courses at her family’s Yangxian Academy, served to students and visiting dignitaries as a classic representation of what the varietal is capable of.

  • true
    75
    pineapple
    true
    70
    osmanthus, chrysanthemum
    true
    90
    cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, pine
    true
    80
    toasted barley, molasses
    true
    cooling, sparkling

    Tasting Profile

    • fruit - pineapple
    • floral - osmanthus, chrysanthemum
    • spice - cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, pine
    • savory - toasted barley, molasses
    • texture - cooling, sparkling
  • 'The Wuyishan Ecological Preserve was shaped by ancient volcanoes, giving it a mix of extremely rocky and sandy soil. This soil contributes to the flavor of the region’s tea though regulating water drainage and encouraging deeper roots, as well as through its mineral-rich mix of nutrients the tea absorbs as it grows.'


the Li Family recommends

  • 5
    6-8
    205
    20 seconds
    5
    7
    6
    205
    6 seconds
    2
    4
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    5 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 205° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
    add 5 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    7 g.6 ozuse 205° watersteep 6 seconds
    add 2 sec. per steeping
    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

    4 g.12
    oz.
    use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
    8 hours
    add ice & enjoy

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