Heavy Roast Spring Other Wuyi Rock Teas

This Oolong tea offers a smooth and thick body, accented by creeping floral notes and a sweet hui gan. It provides a pungent mouthfeel with almost no astringency, showcasing a complex and enduring fla. It leans floral, sweet and thick.

Water around 85–95 °C (185–205 °F). In a mug, steep 3–4 min. For gongfu, use 5–7 g per 100 ml, 10–30 s steeps (8–15 rounds). You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. Heavier roasts can take boiling water no problem.

Grown in Fujian, China from the Huangmeigui cultivar. This batch is from the Spring 2023 harvest. The leaves got a heavy roast after picking.

Starts at $9.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.27/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.62 per session. Compare oolong prices across vendors on Teadar.