Spring Factory Blend

This organic raw Pu-erh offers a rich and buttery taste profile, complemented by a clean finish and a touch of pleasant astringency. It is a pure and straightforward tea, suitable for enjoyable everyd. It leans buttery, clean and astringent.

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.