Spring Factory Blend

This 2012 "Chun Jian Qing Tuo" offers a robust and aromatic profile typical of young raw pu-erh from the Menghai region. Expect a brisk and awakening liquor, with fresh, verdant notes of spring tips a. It leans grassy, brisk and aromatic.

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 2012 harvest.

Starts at $48.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.19/g. A 250g package gets you around 42 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.14 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.