Spring Purple Pu-erh

These rare sun-dried purple buds from wild tea trees in Dehong offer a delightful fresh and fruity sweetness. Beneath this initial brightness lies a profound, robust aroma and a complex aftertaste tha. It leans fruity, robust and complex.

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 Wild Tea Tree cultivar. This batch is from the Spring harvest.

Starts at $8.25 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.11/g. A 50g package gets you around 8 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.66 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.