Bulang

This Sheng Pu-erh from Lao Man'E offers a captivating duality of prominent bitterness balanced by an underlying sweetness. Each potent 5g dragon ball promises a complex and evolving session, challengi. It leans bitter, sweet and potent.

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 Bitter, Sweet cultivar. This batch is from the 2019 harvest.

Starts at $29.99 from Crimson Lotus Tea, or about $0.55/g. A 50g package gets you around 8 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $3.30 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.