Factory Blend

This 2012 DaYi 8582 Sheng Pu-erh offers a vibrant, slightly brisk opening, gradually evolving into notes of dried fruits, damp forest floor, and a pleasant minerality. The finish is long and leaves a . It leans fruity, herbal and mineral.

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 2012 harvest.

Starts at $5.99 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.