Spring Lincang

This aged wild arbor Pu-erh from Mengku offers a profound and evolving character, gracefully matured over 19 years. Expect deep earthy and woody notes, interwoven with subtle hints of dried fruit, cul. It leans earthy, woody and complex.

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 2006 harvest.

Starts at $7.50 from NWPuerh, or about $0.34/g. A 15g package gets you around 3 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.04 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.