Spring Bulang

This 2015 Bulang Sheng Pu-erh offers a robust and commanding profile, characteristic of its high-altitude origins. Expect a powerful earthy foundation with nuanced mineral undertones, promising a dyna. It leans earthy, forest and mineral.

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 2015 harvest.

Starts at $10.00 from NWPuerh, or about $0.36/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.16 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.