Ripe Pu-erh

This dark from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This unique ripe Pu-erh offers an intense pine smoke character that intertwines with its thick body. It presents a rich, velvety mouthfeel, underscored by a surprising blend of bitterness and the deep. It sits in the "Smoky" and "Earthy" and "Velvety" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans smoky and earthy and velvety.

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 2021 harvest.

Prices start at $4.00 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.57 per gram. A 7g package gives you roughly 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $3.42. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.