Spring Factory Blend

This 2004 Xiaguan Te Ji tuo offers a robust and grounded profile, featuring deep earthy notes complemented by the distinct character of aged sheng pu-erh. Its long aging has mellowed any initial brisk. It leans earthy, woody 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 Spring 2004 harvest.

Starts at $15.00 from NWPuerh, or about $0.15/g. A 100g package gets you around 17 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.90 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.