Spring Dark

This dark from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This raw Pu-erh from 2016 presents a captivating and unique character. Its thick, sweet, and heavy body offers an intriguing flavor profile that stands apart from typical productions of the year, invi. It sits in the "Thick" and "Sweet" and "Complex" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans thick and sweet and complex.

Aim for water around 95–100 °C (203–212 °F). Western style: steep for 3–5 minutes in a mug or teapot. Gongfu style: use 5–7 g per 100 ml, 10–20 s steeps (10–20+ infusions) for multiple short steeps — this way you can taste how the flavor evolves. Give the leaves a quick rinse with boiling water before your first real steep — it wakes up the flavors and removes any storage dust.

This dark is grown in Yunnan, China. This particular batch comes from the Spring 2016 harvest.

Prices start at $34.50 through white2tea — that works out to about $1.19 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $7.14. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.