Spring Lincang

This pure raw Pu-erh offers a lively and textured mouthfeel, characteristic of old arbor teas from Bang Dong. Expect a clean taste with a pleasant, quick-fading bitterness and a robust cha qi. It leans pure, lively and bitter-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. This batch is from the Spring 2023 harvest.

Starts at $14.25 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.44/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $2.64 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.