Autumn Yiwu

This aged raw Pu-erh offers a journey of evolving flavors. Expect a deep, earthy foundation with hints of dried wood and a subtle, complex sweetness that has developed beautifully over years in humidi. It leans earthy, woody 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 from the Gushu cultivar. This batch is from the Autumn 2016 harvest.

Starts at $11.25 from NWPuerh, or about $0.42/g. A 15g package gets you around 3 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.52 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.