Autumn Raw Pu-erh (Other)

This autumn-harvested raw Pu-erh from Ye Zhu Tang offers a strong, thick brew with a honeyed hue. It features a pungent mix of granary, fruit, and floral notes, complemented by a balanced bittersweet . It leans granary, fruity and floral.

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 from the Xiao Qiao Mu cultivar. This batch is from the Autumn 2014 harvest.

Starts at $14.25 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.34/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.04 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.