Spring Ya Bao

This delicate Yabao white tea offers a vibrant bouquet of wildflowers and fresh pine, gently underscored by a whisper of lychee sweetness. It presents a remarkably bright, refreshing cup with a clear . It leans floral, fruity and piney.

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 Mengku Daye cultivar. This batch is from the Spring 2026 harvest.

Starts at $9.00 from Bitterleaf Teas, 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. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.