Spring Jingmai

This aged Pu-erh cake, pressed from 2004 material, presents a deeply pleasant, mature fragrance. Expect a smooth cup with a notable 'cha qi' that provides a comforting and grounding sensation, charact. It leans aged, earthy 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 2004 harvest.

Starts at $7.50 from NWPuerh, or about $0.35/g. A 15g package gets you around 3 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.10 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.