Factory Blend

This young raw Pu-erh from Xiaguan presents a lively and bold profile. Expect prominent notes of fresh forest floor and green wood, with an assertive astringency characteristic of its youth. It offers. It leans earthy, woody 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 2020 harvest.

Starts at $8.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.09/g. A 100g package gets you around 17 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.54 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.