Ripe Pu-erh

This 2024 XiaGuan '8663' Ripe Pu-erh cake offers a rich and deeply satisfying experience. Expect a smooth, thick body with comforting notes of dark earth, forest floor, and a hint of sweet dates. Its . It leans earthy, smooth and sweet.

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 2024 harvest.

Starts at $1.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.04/g. A 7g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.24 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.