Autumn Lincang

This Bing Dao Lao Zhai offers a unique and evolving character. Expect a cooling sensation on the palate, subtle yet building to a powerful and pungent mouthfeel that lingers. While hints of bitterness. It leans powerful, complex 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. This batch is from the Autumn 2016 harvest.

Starts at $13.25 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.86/g. A 10g package gets you around 2 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $5.16 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.