Autumn Lincang

This autumnal raw Pu-erh from Di Jie Village offers a powerful and complex profile. Expect a robust earthy base with deep, evolving notes of forest floor and subtle resinous undertones, culminating in. It leans earthy, complex and resinous.

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 2018 harvest.

Starts at $14.25 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.89/g. A 10g package gets you around 2 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $5.34 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.