Lincang

A young Mengku Pu-erh offers a lively experience with prominent green and grassy notes, a refreshing astringency, and a developing sweetness in the finish. It carries hints of fresh forest floor and a. It leans fresh, astringent and grassy.

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 2021 harvest.

Starts at $2.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.20/g. A 4g 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.