Autumn Lincang

This Raw Pu-erh from Bang Dong village offers a captivating blend of high aroma and potent cha qi, characteristic of Mengku teas. When young, it presents a delicate astringency and slight bitterness, . It leans nutty, floral and sweet.

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 2015 harvest.

Starts at $12.25 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.30/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.80 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.