Factory Blend

This 2006 raw Pu-erh brick, crafted by the renowned Xiaguan factory, offers a journey through evolving flavors. Expect a robust, earthy foundation with hints of sweet wood and a lingering, clean finis. It leans earthy, woody and sweet.

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 $1.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.01/g. A 10g package gets you around 2 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.06 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.