Spring Raw Pu-erh

This dark from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This 2017 Raw Pu-erh offers an assertive character with a distinctive, lingering bitterness that draws comparisons to a hop-heavy India Pale Ale. A bright fragrance emerges on the palate, complementin. It sits in the "Bitter" and "Bright" and "Robust" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans bitter and bright and robust.

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 $12.00 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.41 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $2.46. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.