Spring Ripe Pu-erh

This 2011 ripe Pu-erh, crafted from Jingmai Mountain tea leaves, presents a unique blend of bitter, sweet, and creamy notes. It's a potent tea that combines the strength of smaller leaves with the dep. It leans earthy, sweet and creamy.

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 2011 harvest.

Starts at $8.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.19/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.14 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.