Ripe Pu-erh

This aged Ripe Pu'er offers a comforting, grounding character, with notes reminiscent of damp earth and aged wood. Its smooth, thick liquor carries a subtle, mellow sweetness, culminating in a satisfy. It leans earthy, woody and smooth.

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. This batch is from the 2003 harvest.

Starts at $14.00 from Purple Cloud Tea House, or about $0.01/g. A 1785g package gets you around 298 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.06 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.