Ya Bao

This dark from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. 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 sits in the "Vegetal" and "Floral" and "Sweet" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans vegetal and floral 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 Yunnan, China. This particular batch comes from the 2023 harvest.

Prices start at $92.00 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.46 per gram. A 200g package gives you roughly 33 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $2.76. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.