Raw Pu-erh (Other)

This aged raw Pu-erh, pressed into traditional melon shapes, offers a complex profile of deep, mature flavors. Expect a distinctive smokiness balanced by a pleasant bitterness, culminating in a robust. It leans aged, smoky and bitter.

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. This batch is from the 2005 harvest.

Starts at $7.99 from Crimson Lotus Tea, or about $0.24/g. A 20g package gets you around 3 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.44 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.