Ripe Pu-erh

This aged ripe pu-erh offers a dark orange infusion with a comforting aroma. It delivers complex, mellow flavors with a lasting lychee sweetness, making it a satisfying choice for relaxation. It leans earthy, sweet and aromatic.

Water around 95–100 °C (203–212 °F). In a mug, steep 3–5 min. For gongfu, use 5–7 g per 100 ml, 10–20 s steeps (10–20+ rounds). You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. Rinse the leaves once with boiling water before your first real steep. It cleans off storage dust and gets the flavor going.

Grown in Yunnan, China from the Menghai Daye cultivar. This batch is from the 1999 harvest.

Starts at $19.00 from Bana Tea Company, or about $2.26/g. A 5g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $13.56 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.