Anhua Hei Cha

This dark from Hunan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This lively dark tea offers bright notes of tobacco and a hint of spice, all underpinned by a wonderfully syrupy sweetness. It's a convenient and engaging heicha, perfect for daily enjoyment or on-the. It sits in the "Tobacco" and "Spice" and "Sweet" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans tobacco and spice and sweet.

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 Hunan, China. This particular batch comes from the 2021 harvest.

Prices start at $1.40 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.20 per gram. A 7g package gives you roughly 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $1.20. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.