Tasting
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'Returning sweetness' — the cool, sweet bloom that follows a bitter sip in fine sheng pu-erh.
Hui gan is the proof of a well-processed pu-erh: the initial bitterness fades and is replaced, seconds later, by a clean, mineral sweetness rising back into the mouth. The Chinese tasting term has no English equivalent.
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