Spring Raw Pu-erh (Other)

This old arbor raw Pu-erh offers a deep, thick golden-yellow liquor with a strong aroma hinting at rum and fruit. The taste is pungent, balancing bitterness and astringency with a prominent, thick dri. It leans fruity, thick and pungent.

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 Camellia Assamica Taliensis cultivar. This batch is from the Spring 2015 harvest.

Starts at $17.75 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.48/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.88 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.