Spring Qimen

This Imperial Grade Qimen offers a delightful, never-astringent brew with rich, sweet, chocolatey, and malty notes. Light floral hints elegantly accentuate the malty sweetness, adding layers of comple. It leans sweet, malty and floral.

Water around 90–100 °C (195–212 °F). In a mug, steep 3–5 min. For gongfu, use 5 g per 100 ml, 15–30 s steeps. You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. Full boil is fine for most blacks. Don't overthink it.

Grown in Anhui, China from the Huangshan cultivar. This batch is from the Spring 2025 harvest.

Starts at $7.00 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.19/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.14 per session. Compare black prices across vendors on Teadar.