maotouyan rougui oolong_tieguanyin The tea has been sitting

The tea has been sitting with the remembrance of the last firing in 2020

His works are distinguished by their adherence to traditional forms

with notes of warm milk and a faint grassy undertone

and a hearth whose dying cinders provide a fleeting glow as darkness beckons

jutting in a fat pout

maotouyan rougui oolong_tieguanyin The tea has been sittingSoft and velvety, this is a mild interpretation of the Rougui cultivar in which its characteristic taste of cinnamon bark plays second fiddle to oaky woodiness and subtler aromas. A moderate roasting creates an umami and quite balanced broth, in which slight acidity develops into hints of yellow plum and lemon, and from whose surface wafts the surprising note of jasmine. Matouyan, famed for yan cha in general, boasts a history of Rougui production