Factory Blend

This 2005 Xiaguan "Te Ji" Raw Pu-erh Tuocha offers a robust and aromatic profile, characteristic of its factory blend. Years of Guangdong storage have mellowed its initial pungency, revealing a deeper. It leans earthy, woody and mellow.

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 2005 harvest.

Starts at $23.75 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.21/g. A 100g package gets you around 17 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.26 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.