Autumn Yiwu

This raw Pu-erh offers a bright yellow-gold liquor with a penetrating aroma. It delivers a full, textured, and thick mouthfeel, characterized by a strong, vegetal taste. Expect a smooth and aromatic p. It leans vegetal, thick and aromatic.

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 Xiao Qiao Mu cultivar. This batch is from the Autumn 2018 harvest.

Starts at $10.25 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.73/g. A 10g package gets you around 2 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $4.38 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.