Guizhou · Guiyan · 90 mm slim · 7 mg capsule
Guiyan Kuayue Slim (贵烟(跨越细支))
Guiyan Kuayue is a 90 mm flue-cured slim at 7 mg with one thing that sets it apart: a dried-tangerine-peel bead tucked in the filter. Leave it and you get a clean, surprisingly full slim; pinch it and a fresh citrus-orange note lifts off the smoke. No menthol, no fruit syrup — just a leaf-and-peel flavour you switch on when you want it. Here is the straight read on how it smokes, who it fits, and how to tell a real one.
TAR7 mgNICOTINE0.8 mgCO5 mgLENGTH90 mm slimBARCODE6901028221443
Guizhou’s starlit slim, with an orange bead you crush yourself
Guiyan is Guizhou’s headline cigarette brand, born in 1978 and running four decades deep. The province sits high in the ranking rhyme smokers still recite — first Yunnan, second Guizhou, third Chunghwa — and its tobacco maker has picked up a trade nickname all its own: the ‘flavour magician,’ for aromatic tricks exactly like the bead in this pack. Guizhou’s mountain leaf grows on a belt near the 27th parallel that the industry likes to line up against Zimbabwe’s, which is the terroir story the brand leans on.
Kuayue — the word means a leap, a crossing-over — landed in July 2016 as the brand’s value-tier slim, and the maker built its whole pitch on one idea: that a thin rod need not taste thin. Wrapped in a night-black shell dusted with silver stars, sold at an everyday price, it became one of Guiyan’s dependable movers. The name is a small pun, too: the character gui means Guizhou and also ‘precious,’ which the brand has never rushed to correct.
By the numbers
1978Guiyan brand born2016Kuayue slim launches7 mglight-tar slim27th parallelGuizhou’s leaf belt
That terroir talk is not all air: Guizhou leaf sits second only to Yunnan’s in the smokers’ own pecking order, and its maker’s ‘flavour magician’ reputation is the whole reason a tangerine-peel bead ended up inside a slim at this price. Aggregate smoker scores park it around the middle of the pack — a solid everyday slim rather than a cult one.
The tangerine bead — straight answer
The bead is the entire point, so here is the plain version. Sunk in the filter is a single crush-capsule of dried tangerine peel — chenpi, the candied-orange note — and cracking it sends a clean citrus lift up through soft, low-key flue-cured tobacco. Reviewers keep saying the two blend instead of clashing: the orange brightens the leaf without burying it, at least at first, and a light sweetness lands back on the lips. Off the bead it is just a clean slim; on the bead it turns fresh and fruit-bright. No mint, no cooling, no syrup — the flavour is citrus, and the switch is in your fingers.
One thing we will not soften: a 7 mg slim is not a safer cigarette. That low number leans on a ring of laser-drilled air holes in the filter that dilute the smoke on the test bench — but your fingers and lips cover some of them in real life, so what you actually pull in can run higher than the box claims. ‘Slim’ and ‘light’ describe the rod and the draw, not the danger, and the citrus bead is a flavour, not a health feature. Smoking harms you whatever the figure says, and we would rather put that bluntly than dress it up.
How it smokes, start to finish
Before the bead
A clean flue-cured slim — soft, mellow and fuller than thin rods usually manage, with the tobacco’s own bright aroma up front and no watery edge.
Crack the capsule
A fresh dried-tangerine-peel note lifts off the smoke: candied-orange bright, clean rather than sugary, riding over the leaf.
Through the middle
Citrus and tobacco fold into one; the draw stays even and smooth and a gentle sweetness builds.
Throat
A low, soft feel — no pepper, no choke — which is why lighter smokers get on with it.
The finish
The sweet orange return holds toward the filter and clears fairly clean, leaving a mild sweetness on the teeth.
Strength
Genuinely light. Easy and low-irritation if that is what you want; a letdown if you are after a real hit.
Palatability — what it’s really like
If you are picking this one for the flavour, here is the fuller picture. It is built around a single deliberate move — a citrus bead you release into a clean flue-cured base — and everything else is kept quiet on purpose. Uncrushed it reads bright and lightly grain-sweet, closer to ‘clean and tea-like’ than ‘rich and roasted’; crushed it turns orange-fresh. There is no menthol chill and no capsule that swings the taste to something unrecognisable — the leaf stays underneath the whole way. Reviewers who like it call it smooth and ‘refined’; the ones who do not call it middling value or say the orange can take over. There is truth in both.
“Crack the bead and the orange freshness meets a light tobacco — gentle, not peppery or choking, rounded and full, an easy, comfortable smoke.”
— a yanpk reviewer
“Unlit it is clean tobacco; pop the capsule and a faint dried-tangerine-peel sweetness comes through, and a sweet note lingers on your lips after.”
— a cnxiangyan review
“Clean and sweet, smooth on the throat — the tangerine peel and the tobacco blend rather than fight each other.”
— a yanpk reviewer
“The smoke’s fine and refined, but for the money some feel it is nothing special next to cheaper packs, and once you burst it the orange can bury the tobacco.”
— a mixed yanpk verdict
Freshness counts for more than you would think. A slim dries out faster than a chunky regular, and a fresh stick shows both the tobacco aroma and the citrus far more clearly than one left open for weeks — so keep unopened packs somewhere cool and dry and work through them rather than leaving a pack lying about.
Timing the bead is half the pleasure. Some smokers leave it for the first third to taste the plain leaf, then crush it at the midpoint for the brightest orange lift; pop it the instant you light up and the citrus has burned off before you reach the filter. It shows best in calm company too — after a meal, with tea, out on a balcony — where the gentle sweetness has room to read rather than being flattened by a strong coffee or a spirit.
The details
Aroma
Flue-cured (Virginia)
Filter
90 mm slim rod, 25 mm filter, one dried-tangerine-peel (chenpi) crushable capsule
Contents
20/pack · 10 packs (200)/carton
Made by
China Tobacco Guizhou Industrial
Who loves it, and who won’t
You will love it if you want a light, good-looking slim with a flavour you control — clean tobacco when you leave the bead, a fresh orange lift when you crush it. It suits occasional and social smokers who find full regulars harsh, younger buyers drawn to the black starlit pack, and anyone curious about a citrus capsule instead of the usual mint. Easy on the throat and modest in strength, it makes a comfortable everyday slim for a moderate smoker.
You won’t if you are a heavy, pack-a-day smoker on strong regulars — a 7 mg slim will feel weak, ‘like nothing.’ If you can’t stand a fruit note over your tobacco, skip the bead entirely or skip this pack; a few smokers reckon the orange swamps the leaf once burst, and others rate its value only fair against cheaper everyday smokes. Better to know that now than order a carton of the wrong thing.
How it stacks up
Put it next to Guiyan’s liquor-aroma slim and this is the fruit-led, casual pick — a citrus click where that sibling chases a baijiu-style distilled scent. Put it next to the brand’s full-strength plain reds and it gives up body and weight for a thinner rod, an easier pull, and a taste you toggle on demand. Set against a Western mint crushball, the burst here is warm orange in place of cold peppermint, with the Virginia leaf still readable beneath it. Most reviewers file it as a dependable daily smoke, not a trophy pack.
When it lands: spotting a fake
It is a well-known pack, so counterfeits are around — run a quick check when your carton turns up. Everything we send is sealed at source with barcode 6901028221443 (carton 6901028221450), the steel stamp and the warning label both untouched. Tell-tales on a real one: the shell reads as a rich, uniform black under a sharp silver scatter of stars, where copies come out greyish, muddy or smeared; the gold type stays crisp and the printed bead-dot clean; and the flip-card inside shows a hue-shifting ‘starlight’ mark that moves as you angle it to the light. Give the 25 mm filter a gentle pinch — the capsule should crack and let go without drama. Any doubt left, run the pack code through Guizhou Tobacco’s verification line.
If customs holds it
Your parcel goes out in plain, unmarked packaging with full tracking — nothing on it names the brand, product, origin or quantity. We dispatch within 1–3 business days and most orders land in about 7–15 days; our typical customs-clearance rate runs around 95%. Tobacco is a controlled import almost everywhere, so duty and personal limits are on you and vary by country — no honest seller can promise a parcel is never checked. What we promise is bounded: should your first parcel to a destination be seized, notify us within 14 days with the official notice and you get one free reship — our
shipping & customs terms spell out what’s covered. You pay one clear price up front, with no surprise ‘insurance’ or ‘clearance’ fees.
Good to know
Is 7 mg too light for me?
If you smoke strong regulars, quite likely — it is a gentle slim and heavy smokers often find it soft. If you want a low-irritation, mostly-social smoke, that lightness is exactly the appeal.
Do I have to crush the bead?
No. Left alone it smokes as a clean flue-cured slim. Crush it whenever you want the dried-tangerine-peel lift — many smokers wait until the midpoint for the freshest burst.
What does the capsule actually taste of?
A bright dried-tangerine-peel (chenpi) note — candied-orange citrus, clean rather than syrupy — laid over the tobacco. No menthol and no cooling; the flavour is fruit, not mint.
How do I know it’s real?
Match barcode 6901028221443, the deep matte-black starlit box, the sharp gold lettering, the 25 mm filter and its bead, and the colour-shifting inner ‘starlight’ print — then scan the pack code with Guizhou Tobacco. Full checklist under ‘When it lands’ above.
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