Ya'an Zang Cha

This Tibetan Dark Tea presents a delightfully smooth and rich character, reminiscent of mochi with its comforting texture. Underlying notes of earthy walnut provide a grounded complexity, leading to a. It leans mochi, walnut 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 Sichuan, China from the Lao Chuan Cha cultivar. This batch is from the 2022 harvest.

Starts at $9.00 from Nari Tea, or about $0.15/g. A 45g package gets you around 8 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.88 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.