Ripe Pu-erh

This Ripe Pu-erh tea cake offers a comforting aroma of damp earth and aged wood. Expect a smooth, full-bodied liquor with deep, sweet notes reminiscent of dark chocolate and forest floor, finishing wi. It leans earthy, woody 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. This batch is from the 2025 harvest.

Starts at $9.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.22/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.32 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.