Spring Lincang

This wild pu-erh offers a full, complex taste profile. It delivers a smooth, pleasant experience with good 'qi' from the start, showing it's enjoyable now and not solely meant for long-term aging. It leans complex, full-bodied and smooth.

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 2022 harvest.

Starts at $12.25 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.96/g. A 10g package gets you around 2 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $5.76 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.