Liu Bao Cha

This aged Liu Bao offers a deep, comforting embrace of damp earth and old wood, characteristic of well-stored dark teas. Subtle notes of camphor and a hint of medicinal sweetness emerge, creating a co. It leans earthy, woody and medicinal.

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. This batch is from the 1980 harvest.

Starts at $38.23 from Purple Cloud Tea House, or about $0.31/g. A 125g package gets you around 21 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.86 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.