Autumn Ailao

This raw Pu-erh mini cake presents a lively character with notes of fresh forest and green vegetation. Anticipate a clean, slightly sweet initial taste that evolves into a more complex earthy profile,. It leans fresh, earthy and vegetal.

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 Xiao Qiao Mu cultivar. This batch is from the Autumn 2025 harvest.

Starts at $8.00 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.11/g. A 50g package gets you around 8 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.66 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.