Factory Blend

This aged raw Pu-erh offers a remarkably clean profile, free of any off-notes, reminiscent of a well-stored Kunming cake with over 15 years of age. It presents delicate floral and camphor notes, culmi. It leans floral, camphor and sweet.

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 2011 harvest.

Starts at $10.00 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.40/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.40 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.