Autumn Lincang

This 2019 Xigui Huangpian offers a lighter, fresher profile compared to typical Pu-erh, characterized by distinct vegetable and hay-like notes rather than fruitiness. It delivers a thick and soft mout. It leans vegetable, hay and soft.

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 Menghai Daye cultivar. This batch is from the Autumn 2019 harvest.

Starts at $32.47 from Teemaa, or about $0.16/g. A 200g package gets you around 33 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.96 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.