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Steep time
3–5 min
Recommended
Steeps
5
Recommended
Water temp
98°C
Recommended
Leaf ratio
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Oxidation
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Caffeine
medium
Typical
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Best pick • solid dark choice from Unknown origin
Tip: start at ~95°C, then adjust down 3–5°C if it turns sharp.
There are a few things a good shou puer should be: clean, thick and especially smooth. Pressed before we existed (as a company), this re-wrapped shou puer is made from 2012 Jingmai material that was originally labelled as “gushu”. You can look at the price and decide if that makes sense or not, but in the meantime we’ll just drop that and call it 2012 Jingmai. Gushu or not, we don’t care. This tea is smooth as smooth. It has a pleasant flavour with no off tastes, as any good semi-aged shou should. And while fragrance is not always a standout quality for shou, this one performs very well in that regard, giving you something to grab onto in all ranges. $0.16/gram