Liu Bao Cha

This mature Liu Bao offers a deep, full-bodied liquor with a rich reddish hue. Its complex aroma weaves together distinct aged notes with a unique betel nut fragrance, culminating in a refined and end. It leans aged, betel nut and full-bodied.

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 Guangxi, China. This batch is from the 2011 harvest.

Starts at $3.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.17/g. A 7g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.02 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.