Autumn Lincang

This raw Pu-erh delights with a highly aromatic profile, offering a unique cooling sensation that lingers on the palate. Its thick body carries an initial bitterness which gracefully transforms into a. It leans aromatic, sweet and cooling.

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 Autumn 2013 harvest.

Starts at $11.75 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.76/g. A 10g package gets you around 2 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $4.56 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.