Heavy Roast Liu Bao Cha

This charcoal roasted Liubao offers a deeply comforting and grounding experience. Expect a profound earthy aroma, leading to a smooth, rich body with notes of aged wood, dark chocolate, and a lingerin. It leans earthy, roasted and woody.

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 Guangxi, China. The leaves got a heavy roast after picking.

Starts at $11.50 from One River Tea, or about $0.37/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.22 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.