Liu Bao Cha

This aged Liu Bao offers a deep, comforting embrace with prominent earthy and woody notes. Expect a smooth liquor, reminiscent of damp forest floor and aged timber, leading to a subtly sweet and groun. 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 Guangxi, China. This batch is from the 2011 harvest.

Starts at $2.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.15/g. A 7g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.90 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.