Autumn Lincang

This dark from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This raw Pu-erh delights with a highly aromatic profile, offering a unique cooling sensation that lingers on the palate. Its thick body carries an initial bitterness which gracefully transforms into a. It sits in the "Aromatic" and "Sweet" and "Cooling" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans aromatic and sweet and cooling.

Aim for water around 95–100 °C (203–212 °F). Western style: steep for 3–5 minutes in a mug or teapot. Gongfu style: use 5–7 g per 100 ml, 10–20 s steeps (10–20+ infusions) for multiple short steeps — this way you can taste how the flavor evolves. Give the leaves a quick rinse with boiling water before your first real steep — it wakes up the flavors and removes any storage dust.

This dark is grown in Yunnan, China. This particular batch comes from the Autumn 2013 harvest.

Prices start at $11.75 through Yunnan Sourcing — that works out to about $0.76 per gram. A 10g package gives you roughly 2 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $4.56. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.