Anhua Hei Cha

This aged Anhua Fu Cha presents a deep, earthy character, enriched by the distinctive 'golden flowers' mold. Expect warming notes of dried dates and medicinal herbs, culminating in a smooth, sweet, an. It leans earthy, medicinal and sweet.

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 2014 harvest.

Starts at $1.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.04/g. A 7g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.24 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.