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My apologies from the start as I am not an experienced tea person. I am looking for a everyday drinking Puer or Heicha that I can brew instead of coffee every day. I like more of the full bodied darker brewed teas.

Could someone give me a supplier and point me to several options for a daily? I think the grandpa style brew would be my method of brewing as I would be drinking this while at work.

Thank you.

David

Thank you for all the input.

Dayi, HaiWan or BoYou puerh shous should brew dark like coffee in color. Those are probably the best factories that I personally like for shou.
Aged sheng will get darker but not as dark as shou but generally more expensive for the sheng.

If you're new to tea, the best advice I could give would be to not buy too much of anything until you know what you like best.

One River Tea has an interesting-looking heicha sampler pack that would probably be a good start. White2Tea has a few heicha and a bunch of shou puer, including some like Smokeshou that have been smoked and Shufu Shufu, which is a blend of heicha and shou puer with golden flowers.

I love the Menghai Lao Cha Tou for everyday puerh as a plummy, earthy, mellow, undemanding tea that is reliably pleasing to me and the many people who look forward to my tea sharing in the office and clinic. I got them first from Norbu (sadly no longer in tea retail) and Yunnan Sourcing. I have also really enjoyed some YS Hui Run Bulang shu, and bought a lot of some 2011 or 2012 bricks. I have not ordered YS current offerings because I bought a lot back in 2011-2014 but I would recommend checking out some samples as potential daily drinkers. For me, a little goes a LONG way because I brew more dilute than many others here, but I am glad to have these always on hand when I just need gentle, reliable, pleasant tea sessions or to-go tea.