Ripe Pu-erh

A well-aged Ripe Pu-erh brick, this tea offers a deep, comforting embrace with pronounced earthy notes of damp forest floor and rich wood. Its smooth, thick body leads to a mellow, satisfying finish, . It leans earthy, mellow and umami.

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 2006 harvest.

Starts at $4.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.28/g. A 7g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.68 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.