Huang Jin Gui Lan Hua Xiang "AA" (Golden Cinnamon with Orchid Aroma), 2025.

Huang Jin Gui "Golden Cinnamon" autumn harvest. Less known southern Fujian oolong, but deserving no less attention than the eclipsing Tie Guan Yin. For lovers of light oolongs to get acquainted with.

An elusive creamy aroma with a floral tint in the dry leaf. The ringing taste of birch sap, returning the early, still cool spring to the heart. On the gaiwan lid there is a creamy aroma of flower pollen. Subsequent steepings add sour-oily variations to the taste. Having brewed strongly, as if adding a slice of lemon to tea.

It's a solid and dense drink, not the lightest of the southern Fujian oolongs. It's more suited to semi-attentive, leisurely tea drinking on a late weekend morning.