Spring Ripe Pu-erh

This certified organic ripe Pu-erh offers a remarkably thick tea soup, delivering a robust cha qi. Expect deep notes reminiscent of dark chocolate balanced by a pleasant fruity sweetness, characterist. It leans chocolate, fruity and thick.

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 2022 harvest.

Starts at $13.25 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.19/g. A 50g package gets you around 8 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.14 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.