Ripe Pu-erh

This Ripe Pu-erh offers a comforting and deep character, typical of its aged, fermented style. Expect a smooth, thick liquor with prominent earthy and woody notes, softened by a mellow sweetness. The . It leans earthy, woody and smooth.

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 $9.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.05/g. A 198g package gets you around 33 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.30 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.