full roast

Literal meaning

full/sufficient + fire

Definition#

Full roast: a thorough, long low-temperature roast that brings woody, ripe, sometimes cocoa-like notes and good storage stability. 足 means 'sufficient', not 'excessive'. It is distinct from 高火, a sensory fault term for over-roasting; the word also names a roasting stage in some producer accounts.

Translation and usage#

Language	Use	Alternatives & cautions
English	full roast thorough, complete roast translation	Also acceptable heavy roast zu huo Avoid high roast 高火 is the over-roast fault; do not equate dark roast coffee term; acceptable informally
Deutsch	volle Röstung vollständiger, kräftiger Röstgrad translation	Also acceptable starke Röstung Avoid hohe Röstung mirrors 高火, a fault term
Русский	полный огонь полная прожарка translation	Also acceptable Цзу Хо сильная прожарка полный огонь (Цзу Хо) Avoid Гао Хо (as synonym) Russian shops use Гао Хо for strong roast, but in Chinese 高火 is an over-roast fault
简体字繁體字	足火
日本語	十分に火を入れた焙煎中国語の「足火」。特定の茶の製法における焙煎区分。 translation

Common confusions#

Moychay glosses «Гао Хо» as 'high, strong fire' — in GB/T sensory terms 高火 is an off-note from overheating.
English 'heavy roast' is used for both 足火 and 重火.
Outside yancha refining, 足火 is the final drying pass that follows 毛火 in green, yellow and red tea primary processing (e.g. about 90 °C to below 6.5% moisture in a Guangdong yellow tea draft standard); Babelcarp also defines it as final heating of oolong to about 5% moisture.
GB/T 18745-2026 (7.3.2.2.3) gives full fire as 8–12 h or more at 130–150 °C, with a second or third roast allowed; the roast level is not a mandatory label item.