Spring Banzhang

This raw Pu-erh from Bakanan offers a distinctive profile, opening with sun-baked cereal grain and a robust leather character. Initial bitterness gives way to a captivating complexity of sweetness and. It leans cereal, mineral and leather.

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 from the tian cha cultivar. This batch is from the Spring 2025 harvest.

Starts at $24.00 from Rivers and Lakes, or about $0.75/g. A 30g package gets you around 5 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $4.50 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.