Anhua Hei Cha

This 2015 Fu Brick tea offers a deeply satisfying and full-bodied experience, characterized by a soft sweetness and a viscous, wild mushroom-like texture in the cup. It provides a pleasant warming sen. It leans earthy, sweet and umami.

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 Shaanxi, China. This batch is from the 2015 harvest.

Starts at $6.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.09/g. A 50g package gets you around 8 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.54 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.