Spring Dark

This dark from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This 2017 Sheng Pu-erh offers an assertive character with a delightful sweetness, balanced by a brisk finish. While robust enough to promise excellent aging potential, it can be enjoyed now, revealing. It sits in the "Bold" and "Sweet" and "Brisk" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans bold and sweet and brisk.

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 2017 harvest.

Prices start at $21.00 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.72 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $4.32. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.