Tasting
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'Rock-rhyme' — the unmistakable mineral signature of teas grown on Wuyi's cliffs.
Yan yun cannot be faked. It is the trace of mineral-rich rocky soil running through the cup — wet stone, slate, struck flint. Wuyi cliff oolong without yan yun is, by definition, not Wuyi cliff oolong.
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