Spring Lincang

An aged Sheng Pu-erh from Mengku, this tea reveals a mellow and smooth character with a full-bodied texture. It delivers a pure, strong taste, followed by a delightful returning sweetness and a fleeti. It leans earthy, mellow and sweet.

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 Spring 2005 harvest.

Starts at $83.30 from Quiche Teas, or about $0.21/g. A 400g package gets you around 67 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.26 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.