Lincang

This 2016 Mengku Sheng Pu-erh offers a vibrant and complex profile. Expect bright, fruity notes intertwined with delicate floral undertones and a clean minerality that lingers on the palate, promising. It leans fruity, floral 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 2016 harvest.

Starts at $3.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.22/g. A 7g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.32 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.