Factory Blend

This 2016 Xiaguan "Tibet Iron Cake" offers a robust and invigorating experience, typical of younger raw Pu-erh. Expect a bold, somewhat astringent profile with notes of dried hay and forest floor, car. It leans earthy, astringent and bold.

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 $29.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.08/g. A 357g package gets you around 60 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.48 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.