Spring Lincang

This raw Pu-erh from wild tea trees offers a profound, full-bodied, and textured experience. It delivers a distinct cooling sensation on the palate, evolving into a long-lasting and complex finish. It leans full-bodied, cooling and textured.

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 2021 harvest.

Starts at $19.00 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.61/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $3.66 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.