Spring Ripe Pu-erh

This aged ripe pu-erh from Xiang Ming Tea Factory offers a delightful sweetness with prominent fruity notes. Hints of rose and a deep hardwood character emerge in the brew, yielding a clean, burgundy-. It leans sweet, fruity 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 Spring 2007 harvest.

Starts at $7.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.16/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.96 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.