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100°CTemperature
7g 100ml
Wash: 5s • 1st: 10s • Add: +5sGongfu Timing
Origin
Yunnan, China
Harvest
2017
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Tasting Notes
EarthySweetSmooth
Vendor Notes
This house-blended ripe Pu-erh offers a comforting and consistently delicious brew, perfect for a daily drinker. Expect a smooth, sweet, and wonderfully thick liquor, showcasing the classic earthy notes and satisfying depth characteristic of Menghai productions. It's ready to enjoy now and promises to improve with further aging.
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About This Tea
What does 2017 Old Reliable taste like?
This dark from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This house-blended ripe Pu-erh offers a comforting and consistently delicious brew, perfect for a daily drinker. Expect a smooth, sweet, and wonderfully thick liquor, showcasing the classic earthy not. It sits in the "Earthy" and "Sweet" and "Smooth" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans earthy and sweet and smooth.
How should I brew 2017 Old Reliable?
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.
Where does 2017 Old Reliable come from?
This dark is grown in Yunnan, China. This particular batch comes from the 2017 harvest.
How much does 2017 Old Reliable cost?
Prices start at $3.60 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.11 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $0.66. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.