Ginseng Root Slices

Coins of six-year-old Panax ginseng root from Jilin province, slowly air-dried and hand-sliced, to simmer with jujube dates or tuck into a slow-cooked broth.

At a glance Sliced Panax ginseng root, six years old Grown by a single cooperative in Jilin province Slowly air-dried, hand-sliced A small paper sachet: enough coins for a season of tea

A pot simmering low on the back of the stove, a few jujube dates in the water, and a scent somewhere between celery root and an old cedar drawer rising with the steam.