Spring Yiwu

This young Sheng Pu-erh offers a vibrant profile, beginning with sweet notes of caramel and overripe banana. It evolves into refreshing hints of dried mint and a subtle peppery spice, underpinned by a. It leans fruity, caramel and herbaceous.

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 Menghai Daye cultivar. This batch is from the Spring 2023 harvest.

Starts at $4.00 from Mei Leaf, or about $0.18/g. A 15g package gets you around 3 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.08 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.