Spring Lincang

This youthful Raw Pu-erh from Bang Dong offers a vibrant flowery aroma, leading into an initial astringency and slight bitterness that quickly gives way to a thick, nutty-sweet aftertaste. It presents. It leans floral, nutty 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 Spring 2015 harvest.

Starts at $18.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.50/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $3.00 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.