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100°CTemperature
7g 100ml
Wash: 5s • 1st: 10s • Add: +5sGongfu Timing
Origin
Hunan, China
Harvest
Spring 2013
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SpicySweetEarthy
Vendor Notes
This aged Hunan dark tea unfurls with a remarkable complexity, offering notes of earthy mushrooms and distinct brewer's yeast, all harmoniously balanced by a mellow sweetness. Its thick body and spicy undertones evolve beautifully through multiple long infusions, revealing layers of nuanced flavor from over a decade of careful aging.
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About This Tea
What does 2013 Cha Yu Lin "Bai Liang Cha" Hunan Tea taste like?
This aged Hunan dark tea unfurls with a remarkable complexity, offering notes of earthy mushrooms and distinct brewer's yeast, all harmoniously balanced by a mellow sweetness. Its thick body and spicy. It leans spicy, sweet and earthy.
How should I brew 2013 Cha Yu Lin "Bai Liang Cha" Hunan Tea?
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.
Where does 2013 Cha Yu Lin "Bai Liang Cha" Hunan Tea come from?
Grown in Hunan, China. This batch is from the Spring 2013 harvest.
How much does 2013 Cha Yu Lin "Bai Liang Cha" Hunan Tea cost?
Starts at $23.00 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.13/g. A 180g package gets you around 30 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.78 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.
$23.00$0.13/g