Raw Pu-erh (Other)

This 2016 raw Pu-erh offers a charming, youthful character with a noticeable sweetness and a gentle, soft texture. It presents a slight initial bite characteristic of younger sheng, which quickly mell. It leans sweet, smooth and youthful.

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 2016 harvest.

Starts at $9.50 from white2tea, or about $0.31/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.86 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.