Rou Gui (Chinese: 肉桂; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-kuì) is a Wuyi Oolong tea; the name literally means Cinnamon. The tea can be difficult to prepare but its distinctive sweet aroma can be brought out up to 7 steepings. It was first developed during the Qing Dynasty.
This tea may be traditionally processed producing a dark dry leaf and a rich smell or processed according to new consumer standards, giving it a leaf of mixed color and a more fruity aroma.
Rou Gui is also the name of a commonly used herb in Chinese herbal medicine, made from the outer bark of the tree which cinnamon comes from (not necessarily the cinnamon that most consumers are used to buying).
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Spring tea processed to new consumer standards
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