Ya Bao

This wild ancient tree white tea offers a distinctive blend of bright, untamed vegetal notes, reminiscent of fresh cucumbers, intertwined with a blooming floral garden. It presents a captivating balan. It leans vegetal, floral and sweet.

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 Yunnan, China. This batch is from the 2023 harvest.

Starts at $92.00 from white2tea, or about $0.46/g. A 200g package gets you around 33 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.76 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.