Anhua Hei Cha

This aged dark tea brick from JingWei Fu Tea offers a profound, earthy character. Expect a smooth, mellow liquor with deep fermented notes reminiscent of dried fruits and a hint of a unique, comfortin. It leans earthy, fermented and rich.

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 Shaanxi, China. This batch is from the 2012 harvest.

Starts at $2.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.06/g. A 7g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.36 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.