Lincang

This semi-aged raw Pu-erh offers a comforting warmth, unfolding with a distinct honey-like sweetness. Aged in Lincang since 2007, its tight compression has preserved a clean profile, allowing complex . It leans aged, sweet and earthy.

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 2007 harvest.

Starts at $18.25 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.17/g. A 100g package gets you around 17 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.02 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.