Raw Pu-erh (Other)

This dark from China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This young Raw Pu-erh presents an incredibly potent and unapologetically bitter profile, true to its 'Gas' namesake. It demands gongfu-style flash steeps to manage its intense character, promising a b. It sits in the "Bitter" and "Intense" and "Robust" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans bitter and intense 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 China. This particular batch comes from the 2021 harvest.

Prices start at $7.35 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.24 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $1.44. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.