Ripe Pu-erh

This aged ripe Pu-erh offers a remarkably smooth and complex character, devoid of any 'wet pile' notes. It presents a sweet profile that deepens with multiple infusions, making for an engaging gong fu. It leans sweet, smooth and complex.

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 2010 harvest.

Starts at $16.00 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.16/g. A 100g package gets you around 17 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.96 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.