Autumn Ripe Pu-erh

This premium ripe pu-erh tea cake, crafted from Lincang area fall harvest leaves and fermented for 50 days, offers an aromatic and remarkably smooth cup. Already aged for over a decade, it presents a . It leans earthy, smooth and woody.

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 Autumn 2007 harvest.

Starts at $6.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.14/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.84 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.