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100°CTemperature
7g 100ml
Wash: 5s • 1st: 10s • Add: +5sGongfu Timing
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Tasting Notes
EarthySweetSmooth
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This ripe pu-erh offers a velvety, thick, and viscous texture with an incredible mouthfeel. It presents a flavor profile that is full-bodied, rich, and deeply comforting. A quality offering from the Bulang Mountain region.
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About This Tea
What does Elephant Hill Ripe Pu-erh taste like?
This ripe pu-erh offers a velvety, thick, and viscous texture with an incredible mouthfeel. It presents a flavor profile that is full-bodied, rich, and deeply comforting. A quality offering from the B. It leans earthy, sweet and smooth.
How should I brew Elephant Hill Ripe Pu-erh?
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.
Where does Elephant Hill Ripe Pu-erh come from?
Grown in Yunnan, China from the Menghai Daye cultivar. This batch is from the Autumn 2019 harvest.
How much does Elephant Hill Ripe Pu-erh cost?
Starts at $35.00 from Bana Tea Company, or about $0.35/g. A 100g package gets you around 17 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.10 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.
$35.00$0.45/g