Spring Anhua Hei Cha

This Fuzhuan brick from the high-elevation Jiulongchi area offers a rich, smoky profile accented by distinct pine needle notes. While still retaining a fresh sharpness, it also presents a satisfying t. It leans smoky, pine and sharp.

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 Hunan, China. This batch is from the Spring 2017 harvest.

Starts at $9.20 from One River Tea, or about $0.23/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.38 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.