Spring Ripe Pu-erh

This organic ripe pu-erh offers a remarkably thick tea soup and potent cha qi. Expect deep, nuanced notes of dark chocolate, beautifully balanced by a distinct fruity sweetness, creating a complex and. It leans dark chocolate, fruity 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 from the assamica cultivar. This batch is from the Spring 2023 harvest.

Starts at $9.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.13/g. A 50g package gets you around 8 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.78 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.