Jiangxi · herbal-aroma flagship · 8 mg mid-size
Jinsheng Celadon Mid-Size (金圣(青瓷中支))
Jinsheng Celadon Mid-Size is Jiangxi’s flagship in a porcelain-inspired pack — a light 88 mm mid-size with a cool, olive-scented sweet tip and the brand’s herbal house seasoning underneath. Here is the honest read: what it tastes like, who it is for, why the box gets more love than the smoke, and how to be sure yours is real.
TAR8 mgNICOTINE0.7 mgCO8 mgLENGTH88 mm mid-sizeBARCODE6901028133043
The celadon box everyone photographs
You have probably scrolled past this pack. Sky-green, moulded like a piece of Song celadon, a lotus-rosette pressed into the front — it is one of the best-looking mid-price boxes China Tobacco Jiangxi makes, and Jiangxi handed it to its flagship Jinsheng line when the Celadon Mid-Size arrived in 2021.
Jinsheng is no ordinary brand. Since 1994 it has built its identity on a patented botanical additive and on being the brand behind China’s whole ‘herbal’ cigarette category. The Celadon Mid-Size is the friendly, mid-priced way into that story: a light rod, a scented tip, and a pack you will keep on the desk long after the cigarettes are gone.
By the numbers
1994Jinsheng founded, JiangxiGeneva gold1996, for its herbal additiveHerbal categorythe brand behind it, since 20088 mgtar — the lighter mid-size
Those are the brand’s genuine credentials: a Geneva invention prize in 1996, an entire ‘herbal-aroma’ cigarette category it established in 2008, and a national top-ten cigarette-label gold for this pack’s 2021-to-2022 design. What none of them are is a health claim — read the honest note just below.
What defines it — straight answer
Two things carry this cigarette. First, the tip: a scented ‘olive’ filter that puts a cool, faintly sweet note on your lips before the smoke even starts, no capsule involved. Second, the tobacco behind it, seasoned with the herbal blend Jinsheng takes its name from, which is where the light medicinal-botanical edge comes from. A ceramic-coated inner foil keeps the pack humid so the sticks stay soft. When it is fresh, it does exactly what it promises: velvety, clean, lightly sweet.
Now the part we will not dress up. The whole Jinsheng story is ‘herbal harm reduction’, and you will hear this pack called low-tar and low-harm. Do not take that as safer. The claim has been openly challenged in China, and no plant extract or single-digit tar number turns a cigarette into a safe one. The herbs are flavour and heritage — not a shield. It harms you like any other cigarette, and we would rather say so than let the story do the talking.
How it smokes, start to finish
On your lips
Cool and faintly sweet before you light up — that is the olive-scented tip. Clean, not sugary, on a fresh pack.
First puffs
Soft, velvety smoke, low on throat sting, a light green-olive perfume over mild tobacco. The best stretch of the stick.
The middle
The olive thins and the tobacco steps up; some taste pleasant herb here, others a perfumed, medicinal edge.
The finish
Sweetness can turn cloying and the smoke goes flat and slightly dry; the long filter makes the pull feel firm.
Strength
Light. Easy and low-irritation if that is what you are after; thin if you want a real hit.
Draw
That 25 mm filter is long — take it slow; pull hard and it feels heavy.
Room note
Milder and sweeter-smelling than a strong regular, though a closed room still holds smoke.
Palatability — what it’s really like
If you are choosing this one for taste, know up front that opinion on it genuinely splits — which is worth more to you than a page of praise. The idea is simple: a cool, front-loaded olive sweetness on the filter over a light, herb-seasoned flue-cured base. It reads bright and clean rather than dark or roasted, with no menthol chill and no capsule to swing the flavour mid-stick. The catch is that herbal-perfume note: to some smokers it is the entire charm, to others it is an ‘odd’ or artificial edge they cannot get past.
“The box design is fresh and the mouthpiece is pretty; smooth and mellow on the draw, plenty of smoke, a sweet tip with a little sweet return — a really nice everyday smoke, I reckon it beats Qibaili Chunjing.”
— a yanpk reviewer
“Looks great, and that unique olive-flavoured filter is sweet with a light, fresh scent.”
— a yanpk reviewer
“A cigarette nobody falls for. Pretty box, sweet tip, a lot like that Qibaili one — but it smokes oddly, a bit heady, almost queasy. I would not keep it as a daily.”
— a yanpk reviewer
“Filter is too long, the draw is heavy, the taste only average and a touch scratchy. Flashy pack, so-so flavour — it loses to Liqun below it and Huanghelou Soft Blue above.”
— a yanpk reviewer
A few practical notes. Freshness matters: the ceramic foil helps, but this is a lighter, scented rod, so keep unopened packs cool and dry and work through them — a fresh stick is noticeably cleaner and sweeter than a tired one. And it shows best on a clean palate; the first after a meal, with tea, reads far sweeter than your fifth on a long, smoky night.
One honest thread runs through the reviews: several smokers call the taste ‘weird’ or flag an artificial-flavouring edge, and a couple felt lightheaded on it, while plenty of others are perfectly happy and rate it a solid everyday pack. It is that kind of cigarette — you will probably know inside one stick which camp you fall in, which is a good reason to try a little before you commit to a lot.
The details
Aroma
Flue-cured (Virginia)
Filter
25 mm scented ‘olive’ tip, blue-tinted, no capsule
Contents
20/pack · 10 packs (200)/carton
Made by
China Tobacco Jiangxi Industrial
Who loves it, and who won’t
You will get on with it if you want a light, sweet-tipped, great-looking everyday mid-size, if the celadon aesthetic pulls you in, or if you are simply curious what Jiangxi’s herbal style tastes of. Light and social smokers, people who like a faint perfume on the tip, and anyone who shops with their eyes will find a lot to like here.
You will not if you are a heavy smoker who wants a hit — 8 mg through a long filter reads soft to most pack-a-day smokers. Give it a miss too if any sweetness or perfume on a filter bothers you, if a herbal, faintly medicinal note is a dealbreaker, or if you want flavour that holds to the very last puff. This is a front-loaded, easy-going smoke, not a strong or a complex one.
How it stacks up
Quick bearings. Versus Qibaili Chunjing, its usual sweet-tipped rival, it is close to a coin-toss — some prefer the Jinsheng, some find Chunjing cleaner. Versus a plain workhorse Liqun, you swap strength and value for looks and a scented tip. Versus a Huanghelou Soft Blue a rung up, it gives away body and depth. And versus the fatter regular Celadon in its own family, this mid-size is the lighter 8 mg one — confusingly, the coarse rod is the sweeter-tipped of the pair.
When it lands: spotting a fake
It is a pretty, sought-after pack, so counterfeits are out there — a ten-second check when yours arrives. Everything we send is source-direct and factory-sealed: steel stamp on the base, Chinese warning intact, barcode 6901028133043 (carton 6901028133081) scannable. On a real one the box is porcelain-grade card with a raised lotus-rosette you can feel under a thumb and an even, glaze-like sky-green finish; the blue olive filter runs a tidy 25 mm; the bottom-open pack and enamel colours look sharp. Flat green, or a rosette with no emboss, is a red flag — and when in doubt, run the pack’s code through Jiangxi Tobacco’s own verification to be certain.
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 8 mg too light for me?
If you smoke strong regulars, probably — most heavy smokers find it soft. If you want a low-irritation, everyday or social smoke, that lightness is exactly the appeal.
What does the ‘olive’ tip actually taste like?
A cool, faint sweetness on your lips with a light green-olive and herbal scent — it sits on the mouthpiece, not in the smoke, and there is no capsule to crush.
Why do some reviews call it ‘weird’?
The herbal-perfume seasoning divides people: some read it as pleasant and clean, others as an artificial or medicinal edge. It is genuinely a love-it-or-leave-it cigarette.
Is the ‘herbal harm-reduction’ real?
Treat it as brand marketing, not health advice. The claim has been disputed publicly, and no additive makes a cigarette safe — see the honest note higher up.
How do I know it is genuine?
Match barcode 6901028133043, feel the embossed lotus-rosette and porcelain-card box, check the blue 25 mm filter, and scan the pack code with Jiangxi Tobacco — full checklist under ‘spotting a fake’.
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