Spring Anhua Hei Cha

This aged Fu Brick tea offers a remarkably thick and sweet infusion, unveiling delightful notes of dried fruit, a subtle earthiness reminiscent of hay, and a lingering honeyed finish. Its inviting liq. It leans sweet, fruity 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 Hunan, China. This batch is from the Spring 2010 harvest.

Starts at $8.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.13/g. A 50g package gets you around 8 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.78 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.