Ripe Pu-erh

This dark from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This educational set showcases the diverse profiles of ripe Pu-erh. Expect a comforting, deeply earthy character with smooth, rich textures and nuances of aged wood and dark forest floor. Each regiona. It sits in the "Earthy" and "Smooth" and "Deep" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans earthy and smooth and deep.

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 2016 harvest.

Prices start at $69.50 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.17 per gram. A 400g package gives you roughly 67 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $1.02. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.