Liu Bao Cha

This aged Liu Bao offers a captivating blend of verdant freshness and elegant cassia notes, intertwined with a soft, sweet dried green bean aroma. Its mellow and smooth liquor develops into a subtly s. It leans earthy, sweet and mellow.

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 Guangxi, China from the Guangxi Guiqing Tea cultivar. This batch is from the 2021 harvest.

Starts at $2.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.10/g. A 7g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.60 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.