Spring Ripe Pu-erh

This Ripe Pu-erh offers a thick, substantial tea soup with a remarkably potent cha qi. Expect deep notes of dark chocolate balanced by a surprising fruity sweetness, creating a complex and satisfying . It leans chocolate, fruity and sweet.

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 assamica cultivar. This batch is from the Spring 2021 harvest.

Starts at $25.00 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.25/g. A 100g package gets you around 17 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.50 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.