Autumn Yiwu

This aged Man Zhuan Sheng Pu-erh, stored in western humidified conditions, offers a wonderfully developed complexity. Expect deep, earthy undertones complementing a smooth, evolving profile that has m. It leans aged, earthy 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 2015 harvest.

Starts at $8.00 from NWPuerh, or about $0.46/g. A 10g package gets you around 2 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.76 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.