Medium Roast Autumn Liu Bao Cha

This rustic Liubao offers a warming infusion with a distinct smokey edge from its flame roasting. Expect deep, earthy undertones, evolving with longer steeps or simmering to reveal rich, woody notes c. It leans earthy, roasted and woody.

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 Guangxi, China. This batch is from the Autumn 2021 harvest. The leaves got a medium roast after picking.

Starts at $2.45 from white2tea, or about $0.08/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.48 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.