Spring Lincang

This 2022 spring harvest raw Pu-erh from Mo Lie Shan offers a strong, potent energy and a refreshing, cooling sensation on the palate. Made from older trees, it promises excellent aging potential, dev. It leans robust, cooling and evolving.

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 $11.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.28/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.68 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.