Spring Anhua Hei Cha

This 2015 Hunan dark tea offers a mellow and sweet profile, a result of its aging process. Expect a complex brew with a thick body, hints of spiciness, brewer's yeast, and earthy mushroom notes. It leans spicy, sweet and mellow.

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 Hunan, China. This batch is from the Spring 2015 harvest.

Starts at $10.00 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.03/g. A 100g package gets you around 17 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.18 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.