Lincang

This 2025 raw Pu-erh, shaped into a compact dragon ball, offers a captivating floral fragrance and a bright yellow liquor. Each sip delivers a sweet and mellow taste, harmoniously balanced with a dist. It leans floral, 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 Yunnan, China. This batch is from the 2025 harvest.

Starts at $3.99 from King Tea Mall, or about $0.06/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.36 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.