Mengsong

This 2017 Naka Old Tree Sheng Pu-erh from XiaGuan offers a lively initial astringency characteristic of its age, which gradually softens into a rich, earthy profile. Underlying notes of stone fruit an. It leans earthy, fruity and astringent.

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 2017 harvest.

Starts at $4.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.20/g. A 8g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.20 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.