Medium Roast Autumn Liu Bao Cha

This dark from Guangxi, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. 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 sits in the "Earthy" and "Roasted" and "Woody" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans earthy and roasted and woody.

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 Guangxi, China. This particular batch comes from the Autumn 2021 harvest. After picking, the leaves received a medium roast, which shapes the final flavor.

Prices start at $2.45 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.08 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $0.48. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.