Liu Bao Cha

This aged Liu Bao offers a deep, comforting character, with pronounced earthy notes of damp forest floor and old wood. Hints of mushroom and a subtle minerality contribute to a complex, grounding expe. It leans earthy, woody and damp.

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 2008 harvest.

Starts at $15.21 from Purple Cloud Tea House, or about $0.08/g. A 200g package gets you around 33 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.48 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.