Autumn Yiwu

This 2011 autumn harvest Sheng Pu-erh from Yiwu's Qin Lan region offers a remarkably smooth and bright character for its age. Expect a clean, sweet infusion with vibrant floral undertones and a pleasa. It leans floral, sweet 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 Autumn 2011 harvest.

Starts at $11.50 from NWPuerh, or about $0.35/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.10 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.