Liqun · Zhejiang · 89 mm mid-size · 8 mg
Liqun Leisure Gold Mid-Size (利群(休闲金中支))
Liqun is the cigarette a good part of Zhejiang grew up on, and this is its relaxed ‘Leisure’ face in a lighter, 89 mm mid-size body. You get Liqun’s trademark soft herbal-sweet aroma over clean flue-cured tobacco, a smooth low-sting draw, a moist smoke and that quirky little star-cut filter. Here is the straight version of how it tastes, who it fits, and how to tell the real gold pack from its look-alikes when it lands.
TAR8 mgNICOTINE0.7 mgCO7 mgLENGTH89 mm mid-sizeBARCODE6901028217927
Zhejiang’s home-town smoke, mid-size cut
You don’t really need selling on Liqun. It’s been rolling out of Hangzhou since 1960, it’s one of the defining everyday names across Zhejiang, and for a whole generation it comes bundled with one unforgettable advert — a train threading across empty plateau under the line ‘life is a journey; what counts isn’t the destination but the view along the way.’ The brand has sold that unhurried, road-trip feeling for years, and the Leisure sub-line is where it leans into it hardest.
The Gold Mid-Size is that heritage in a modern shape. When China’s premium shelf swung toward slimmer, mid-size rods late last decade, Liqun answered with this: the same herbal-sweet house character, dialled into an 89 mm mid-size rod at a low 8 mg tar, wrapped in a restrained champagne-gold box. Think of it as the Leisure line’s first proper mid-size — the familiar Liqun aroma in an easier-to-carry, easier-to-smoke form, not a brand-new flavour.
By the numbers
1960first rolled in Hangzhou‘Let the heart travel’Liqun’s famous train ad8 mg tarlow number, real cigaretteLeisure lineits first mid-size format
Liqun has spent decades as one of Zhejiang’s staple premium names, a cigarette the province treats as its own. The Gold Mid-Size is its Leisure line reaching into the mid-size format that took over China’s premium shelf late last decade — and it goes up against the likes of Chunghwa’s and Baisha’s mid-size packs on aroma and finish rather than sheer strength.
What you’re really buying
Cut past the box and the nostalgia and the reason to smoke this is the scent. Liqun’s house signature is a soft, warm herbal sweetness — smokers call it the yaoxiang, and it isn’t a medicine taste but an aromatic thread that lives in the smoke and marks it as Liqun. Here it’s turned down and refined: a clean, no-bite entry, an elegant cedar-and-nut woodiness up top, the herbal sweetness easing in underneath. A moisture-keeping filter stops it drying out, and for so thin a rod the smoke comes fuller than you’d guess. It’s built to be low-tar with taste, not a watery light.
One thing we won’t spin: ‘mild’ and ‘low’ are about flavour and a lab number, not your health. Yes, 8 mg is a low-ish tar figure and this smokes soft and elegant — but the number is a machine reading, and a gentle taste doesn’t make a gentle cigarette. It harms you the way any of them do. We’d rather tell you that than sell you a comfortable story.
How it smokes, start to finish
First draws
Soft and clean, no scratch — an elegant fruity-woody note leads, cedar with a touch of roasted nut, the herbal sweetness slipping in behind.
The draw
Easy and low on the throat, and the moisture filter keeps it feeling moist rather than dry — it won’t catch you the way a strong king-size can.
Through the middle
The fullest, most balanced stretch — light caramel against wood, the tobacco’s own scent building; this is where it tastes most like a Liqun.
Strength
Genuinely light. Enough aroma to enjoy, well short of a heavy hit — smooth, not punchy.
The finish
Clean, just fades, leaving a faint sweet return and a trace of herb; the last third eases off, and a mid-size burns quick.
Room note
Mild and faintly sweet rather than acrid — an easy one to light in company.
Palatability — what it’s really like
If you’re picking this on taste, here’s the fuller picture. It’s built on one idea done with care: Liqun’s clean flue-cured base, lifted by that soft herbal-sweet note and an elegant woody top, kept refined rather than strong. Being a Virginia-style blend, the smoke runs bright and lightly sweet, not dark, nutty or earthy — closer to ‘smooth and cedar-scented’ than ‘rich and roasted’ — and there’s no menthol chill and no capsule to swing the flavour halfway down. What you get instead is a tidy, low off-note consistency: pack to pack, it tastes like the same easy, faintly herbal thing.
“Smooth going in with no harsh bite, an elegant fruity-woody note and that faint Liqun herbal scent underneath — comfortable, not cloying.”
— a cnxiangyan tasting note
“The pack feels genuinely high-end and gives you face, and the little star-cut filter is a nice touch — a good one for a business table.”
— a yanpk commenter
“Just released and it smokes decently, but the price is all over the place — a carton was way up one day and much lower the next when I passed the shop.”
— a yanpk review
“If you’re a heavy smoker on thick rods it’ll feel light — not enough of a hit for me, and it tapers off near the end.”
— an honest yanpk note
A couple of practical notes from regular smokers. Freshness counts here — a mid-size dries out faster than a fat king-size, so keep spare packs cool and sealed and work through them; a just-opened stick carries that herbal scent and the damp, easy draw much more vividly than one pulled from a pack sat open for two weeks.
And give it the right company. That soft herbal sweetness reads best on a clean palate — the first after a meal, with tea or a mild coffee — where there’s room for it to land. Push it against a strong espresso or a whisky and the delicacy can just disappear; this isn’t a cigarette that tries to shout over anything, and that restraint is a good part of why it plays so well in polite company.
The details
Aroma
Flue-cured (Virginia)
Filter
Hollow ‘star’ acetate filter (five-point cut-away tip), no capsule
Contents
20/pack · 10 packs (200)/carton
Made by
China Tobacco Zhejiang Industrial (Hangzhou Cigarette Factory)
Who loves it, and who won’t
You’ll love it if Liqun’s soft herbal character already suits you and you’d take it lighter, lower in tar and easier to carry, or if you want a genuinely premium, restrained mid-size that stays easy on the throat. It’s made for unhurried smoking — with tea, after dinner, in a business setting — when you’re there for the aroma and the ritual more than the hit, and its understated gold box is an easy one to offer across a table.
You won’t if you smoke for the nicotine. Heavy, pack-a-day smokers on strong regulars tend to find it too soft and ‘not enough,’ and note the satisfaction easing off in the last third. Worth flagging too: this pack has been heavily speculated on in some markets, so prices have swung and a few buyers feel stung on that alone. Better you know the cigarette is a gentle one before you order two cartons of the wrong thing.
How it stacks up
vs the plain hard-pack Liqun king-size: lighter, cleaner and more aromatic, a refined mid-size draw in place of the fuller rod. vs the Leisure slim: a touch more body and mouthfeel, less of the slim’s sleekness. vs the Sunshine Supreme Mid-Size: the softer, lower-tar reading of a close cousin. vs premium mid-size rivals like Chunghwa Gold or Baisha’s Hetianxia: it competes on that herbal-sweet Liqun signature rather than raw richness. No capsule, no menthol, no gimmick — just the house aroma in a mid-size rod.
When it lands: spotting a fake
Liqun is a much-copied name, so give yours a ten-second look. The genuine gold pack shows a smooth two-tone champagne-and-coffee finish under faint gilt cloud work, and the ‘Liqun’ wordmark stands up in real raised foil instead of sitting flat on the card; the mouthpiece has the hollow five-point ‘star’ cut-away tip; and the barcode is 6901028217927 with tar marked 8 mg. See a 9 mg figure or a different code and you’re holding a sibling pack, not this one. Everything we send is source-direct and factory-sealed — scan the pack’s QR code into Zhejiang Tobacco’s traceability system if you want to be sure, and treat any pack priced far below the norm as a red flag.
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 going to be too light for me?
If you smoke strong king-sizes, maybe — it’s a refined, low-tar mid-size and heavy smokers often find it soft and quick, with the last third easing off. If you want low irritation, or you mostly smoke for the aroma, that softness is exactly the appeal.
What’s the ‘herbal’ note people mention?
It’s Liqun’s house signature, the yaoxiang — not a medicine flavour but a soft, warm, faintly herbal sweetness woven into the smoke over the tobacco. It’s subtle and natural here, not a sprayed-on or candy note.
Which Liqun mid-size am I actually getting?
The Leisure Gold one: 8 mg tar, champagne-gold box, barcode 6901028217927. It’s easy to confuse with the Sunshine Supreme Mid-Size, which is a different 9 mg pack on a different barcode — so check the tar figure and the code.
Will it still be fresh after shipping?
It ships factory-sealed by the carton. Keep unopened packs cool and dry and open them as you go — a mid-size dries out a little faster than a chunky king-size, and a fresh stick is noticeably smoother and more fragrant.
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