Anhua Hei Cha

This aged dark tea offers a deep, earthy aroma with robust woody undertones. The liquor presents a smooth, mellow mouthfeel, unfolding notes of damp forest floor, dark minerals, and a lingering, subtl. 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 $0.06/g. A 10g package gets you around 2 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.36 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.