Anhua Hei Cha

This aged dark tea presents a deep, grounding experience with rich, earthy undertones and a smooth, mellow finish. Notes of damp forest floor and aged wood provide a comforting complexity, evolving ge. It leans earthy, woody and smooth.

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 Hunan, China. This batch is from the 2009 harvest.

Starts at $1.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.07/g. A 15g package gets you around 3 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.42 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.