{"title":"Li Qi 理气 — citrus peels, flowers and fruits","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the breath knots, the tradition speaks of Qi that stagnates. The “Li Qi” (理气) family brings together aromatic and pungent matter — citrus peels, flowers, fruits — which the classical reading associates with the free movement of the breath, in the register of Wood.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ecorce-de-mandarine-rouge-couche-externe-ju-hong","title":"Red mandarin peel (outer layer) - 橘红 (Ju Hong)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJu Hong denotes the outer, orange-red layer alone of the mandarin peel (\u003cem\u003eCitrus reticulata\u003c\/em\u003e), parted with a knife from the inner white layer, which forms the Ju Bai. This traditional cut isolates two very different materials: the coloured layer is thin, brittle, riddled with glands where the essential oils sit, whereas the white layer is spongy and almost without scent. Ju Hong comes as fine petals of an intense orange-red, whose smell is sharper and more penetrating than that of whole Chen Pi, and whose taste is more frankly bitter. A petal is slipped into a braise or a broth, or infused for five minutes in water at 95 °C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827590455635,"sku":"BQ-JU-HONG-100G","price":7.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/ju-hong-cote-1.jpg?v=1784503438"},{"product_id":"ecorce-de-magnolia-officinalis-hou-po","title":"Magnolia officinalis bark - 厚朴 (Hou Po)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bark of \u003cem\u003eMagnolia officinalis\u003c\/em\u003e, a tree grown for it in Sichuan and Hubei. Hou Po means “thick bark”: it is taken with care from specimens of fifteen to twenty years, steamed, then dried and rolled into “cigars” that show at the cut a characteristic purplish interior. Thick and fibrous, it gives off a balsamic, warm scent, for a bitter and pungent taste that stays long in the mouth. Not to be confused with Xin Yi Hua, which comes from the flower buds of another magnolia species. It is used in shards in long-simmered broths, or as an infusion, ten minutes in water at 95 °C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827590488403,"sku":"BQ-HOU-PO-100G","price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/hou-po-cote-1.jpg?v=1784503436"},{"product_id":"orange-amere-mature-zhi-ke","title":"Bitter orange (mature) - 枳壳 (Zhi Ke)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fruit of \u003cem\u003eCitrus aurantium\u003c\/em\u003e picked at mid-maturity, still yellowish green, cut in half horizontally to reveal the rosette of its inner segments, then dried at low temperature. It comes as concave half-fruits, with a wrinkled skin and pale flesh, of a warm citrus scent and a bitter, aromatic taste. It is larger, lighter and milder than Zhi Shi, picked much younger: it is the age at harvest that separates the two peels, and it can be tasted. It is used in pieces in broths and braises, or as an infusion, half a broken fruit in a bowl of water at 95 °C for eight minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827590521171,"sku":"BQ-ZHI-KE-100G","price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/zhi-ke-dessus-1.jpg?v=1784503528"},{"product_id":"orange-amere-immature-zhi-shi","title":"Bitter orange (immature) - 枳实 (Zhi Shi)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe young, small green fruits of \u003cem\u003eCitrus aurantium\u003c\/em\u003e, harvested early in summer — often those that fall naturally from the tree — then cut in half or into quarters and dried. They come as half-fruits or quarters, hard and compact, of a blackish green, with a thick peel and dry flesh; the scent is very bitter and pungent. The whole difference from Zhi Ke lies in the age of the fruit: picked far younger, Zhi Shi is smaller, harder, richer in essential oils, and distinctly more bitter in the mouth. In cookery, one quarter is enough to scent a long-simmered broth; as an infusion, five minutes at 95 °C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827590553939,"sku":"BQ-ZHI-SHI-100G","price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/zhi-shi-dessus-1.jpg?v=1784503530"},{"product_id":"boutons-de-rose-mei-gui-hua","title":"Rose buds - 玫瑰花 (Mei Gui Hua)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe flower buds of \u003cem\u003eRosa rugosa\u003c\/em\u003e, picked just before opening, when the corolla is still closed and tight. Gathering is done at dawn, before the heat of the day carries off the scent, and the buds are dried quickly at low temperature. They keep in this way their deep pink-purple tint, their sepals still green in a ruff, an olive shape firm under the fingers, and that frank, honeyed rose smell which lingers long at the bottom of the jar. In the mouth the infusion is floral, a little astringent, with no added sugar. Allow five or six buds to a cup of water at 85 °C, three to four minutes, on their own or laid over a black tea; the petals also go into jams, syrups and biscuits.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"50 g","offer_id":53827590586707,"sku":"BQ-MEI-GUI-HUA-50G","price":4.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/mei-gui-hua-dessus-1.jpg?v=1784503497"},{"product_id":"fleurs-dosmanthus-olivier-odorant-gui-hua","title":"Osmanthus flowers (Sweet olive) - 桂花 (Gui Hua)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe minute flowers of \u003cem\u003eOsmanthus fragrans\u003c\/em\u003e, the sweet olive, tree of the classical Chinese gardens and emblem of autumn in poetry: the season’s full moon is associated with its scent. The axillary clusters are picked by hand in autumn, at the moment when the smell carries furthest — that of a ripe peach and apricot, doubled with a note of orange blossom, which can be caught tens of metres from the tree. Drying is done at very low temperature, failing which everything evaporates. The dried flowers, orange-yellow, barely larger than a pinhead, scent Gui Hua wine, syrups, jellies and cakes; as an infusion, half a teaspoon to a cup of water at 80 °C, two to three minutes, on their own or laid over a green tea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"35 g","offer_id":53827592487251,"sku":"BQ-GUI-HUA-35G","price":9.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/gui-hua-dessus-1.jpg?v=1784503439"},{"product_id":"ecorce-de-mandarine-vieillie-chen-pi","title":"Aged mandarin peel - 陈皮 (Chen Pi)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe “Xi” format of Chen Pi: the same mandarin peels (\u003cem\u003eCitrus reticulata\u003c\/em\u003e), from the same drying and the same slow ageing, but cut into smaller pieces than the Da format. The petals are fine and supple, of a dark orange-brown outside and paler within; they give off the warm, deep scent that ageing brings, where a young peel smells above all of fresh citrus. The taste is bitter, with a long scented aftertaste. Their small size makes them convenient for everyday cookery, where they go straight into braises, broths and marinades; as an infusion, allow five minutes in water at 95 °C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"Standard","offer_id":54350721810771,"sku":"BQ-CHEN-PI-STANDARD","price":7.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large","offer_id":54350721843539,"sku":"BQ-CHEN-PI-GRANDE","price":8.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/chen-pi-standard-cote-1.jpg?v=1784503405"}],"url":"https:\/\/botaqi.shop\/en\/collections\/li-qi.oembed","provider":"BotaQi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}