Spring Yiwu

This dark from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This raw Pu-erh from ancient arbor trees presents a bold and robust character, featuring a prominent bitterness and astringency that hints at its excellent aging potential. Notes of deep olive-green l. It sits in the "Earthy" and "Bitter" and "Astringent" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans earthy and bitter and astringent.

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 and is made from the assamica cultivar. This particular batch comes from the Spring 2017 harvest.

Prices start at $18.50 through Yunnan Sourcing — that works out to about $1.39 per gram. A 10g package gives you roughly 2 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $8.34. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.