Spring Bulang

This raw Pu-erh offers a formidable, balanced profile, starting with a noticeable bitterness and astringency typical of young sheng, yet quickly evolving into a delightful honey sweetness. Its texture. It leans bitter, sweet and creamy.

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 2018 harvest.

Starts at $9.00 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.24/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.44 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.