Autumn Banzhang

This 2009 Autumn harvest Ban Zhang Sheng Pu-erh offers a robust, complex profile. It delivers a vibrant earthiness, characteristic bitterness that quickly transforms into a lingering sweetness, and a . It leans earthy, bold 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 Autumn 2009 harvest.

Starts at $11.25 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.