Spring Ripe Pu-erh

This 2008 Haiwan ripe pu-erh offers a smooth, comforting experience, perfect for daily enjoyment. Expect deep earthy and woody notes with a pleasant, mellow character that has developed nicely over ti. It leans earthy, woody 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 Yunnan, China. This batch is from the Spring 2008 harvest.

Starts at $6.50 from NWPuerh, or about $0.17/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.02 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.