Most expensive teas per gram (October 2026)
4,006 in-stock listings from 37 vendors matched this guide’s rule. Half of them cost under $0.33 per gram. The top entry, 2025 Man Song King 1st Category Tall Trunk Ancient Tea Tree Puerh Tea (1 oz), costs $20.95/g, 63 times that median.
Vendor list prices captured on October 1, 2026. They are a snapshot, not live prices: open the vendor page before you buy. The market-wide view is in the Loose Leaf Index.
How the list is picked
- Rule: Any unflavoured tea, highest USD per gram first.
- Eligible listings: In stock, known weight of at least 20 g, USD price per gram available.
- Spread: one vendor can hold at most 4 of the 25 places, so a single big catalog cannot fill the table.
- Per gram: the listed pack price in US dollars divided by the pack weight in grams.
Price per gram across the category
Where this list sits in the whole category
- Middle half of all matching listings (25th–75th percentile)
- Lowest to highest listing
- Median
- Teas in the table below (25)
How the 4,006 matching listings split by price per gram
- In-stock listings in the band
The ranked list
What one serving costs
Pick how much leaf you use per session. The table adds the leaf cost of one serving and how many servings each pack holds; the budget filter hides teas above your limit. Water, milk and repeat infusions are not counted.
| # | Tea | Vendor | Pack | Listed price | Per gram | Per serving | Servings per pack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 Man Song King 1st Category Tall Trunk Ancient Tea Tree Puerh Tea (1 oz)Yunnan, China · 2025 harvest | Tea Habitat | 28.3 g | $593.00 | $20.95 | $62.86 | 9 |
| 2 | 2025 Bing Dao Lao Zhai Spring 1st Pick 800 Years Old Extra Large Gushu Loose Green Puerh (1 oz)Yunnan, China · 2025 harvest | Tea Habitat | 28.3 g | $562.00 | $19.86 | $59.58 | 9 |
| 3 | 2026 Da Hei Forest King Tree Green Puerh Loose (1 oz)Yunnan, China · 2026 harvest | Tea Habitat | 28.3 g | $488.00 | $17.24 | $51.73 | 9 |
| 4 | 2024 Kun Lu Shan King of Small Leaf Varietal Spring 1st Pick Old Tree Green Puerh Loose (1 oz)Jiangxi, China · 2024 harvest | Tea Habitat | 28.3 g | $470.00 | $16.61 | $49.82 | 9 |
| 5 | Orchid DreamGuangxi, China | Global Tea Hut | 50 g | $600.00 | $12.00 | $36.00 | 16 |
| 6 | 1960's LLLL367 Bao Lan (寶蘭）Aged Liu BaoGuangxi, China · 1960 harvest | The Essence of Tea | 100 g100g Tins | $1,100.00 | $11.00 | $33.00 | 33 |
| 7 | 1980's Old Tree Raw PuerhYunnan, China · 1980 harvest | The Essence of Tea | 380 g380g Cake | $2,900.00 | $7.63 | $22.89 | 126 |
| 8 | Gokasho Blended MatchaUji, Japan | Kettl | 20 g | $150.00 | $7.50 | $22.50 | 6 |
| 9 | 1970 Qing Bazhong LiubaoGuangxi, China · 1970 harvest | The Essence of Tea | 100 g | $740.00 | $7.40 | $22.20 | 33 |
| 10 | SteadfastGuangxi, China | Global Tea Hut | 50 g | $350.00 | $7.00 | $21.00 | 16 |
| 11 | Chan Cha 禪茶China · 2021 harvest | Tea Drunk | 25 gMei Zhan - Early Spring 2021 / 25 grams | $142.00 | $5.68 | $17.04 | 8 |
| 12 | Gokasho Organic Saemidori MatchaUji, Japan | Kettl | 20 g | $110.00 | $5.50 | $16.50 | 6 |
| 13 | Kanza Matcha (20g Can)Uji, Japan | Ippodo Tea | 20 g | $104.00 | $5.20 | $15.60 | 6 |
| 14 | Xi Hu Long Jing (Dragon Well) 西湖龍井Zhejiang, China · 2023 harvest | Tea Drunk | 28 gXi Hu First Pluck 2023 / Box (28 grams) | $139.00 | $4.96 | $14.89 | 9 |
| 15 | 2026 Ma'an Shan Single TreeYunnan, China · 2026 harvest | The Essence of Tea | 100 g100g cake | $469.00 | $4.69 | $14.07 | 33 |
| 16 | Gokasho Organic Samidori MatchaUji, Japan | Kettl | 20 g | $85.00 | $4.25 | $12.75 | 6 |
| 17 | 2022 Must BeYunnan, China · 2022 harvest | White2Tea | 200 g | $835.00 | $4.17 | $12.52 | 66 |
| 18 | ArgilGuangxi, China | Global Tea Hut | 50 g | $200.00 | $4.00 | $12.00 | 16 |
| 19 | Shirakawa Samidori MatchaUji, Japan | Kettl | 20 g | $80.00 | $4.00 | $12.00 | 6 |
| 20 | Jin Jun Mei 金駿眉Fujian, China · 2025 harvest | Tea Drunk | 30 gJin Jun Mei - 1st Pluck 2025 / Box (30 grams) | $118.00 | $3.93 | $11.80 | 10 |
| 21 | Ao Fu Hou 凹富後Guangdong, China · 2022 harvest | Tea Drunk | 28 gDa Hu - Spring 2022 / Box (28 grams) | $103.00 | $3.68 | $11.04 | 9 |
| 22 | Seimei MatchaJapan | Song Tea & Ceramics | 20 g20g Canister | $68.00 | $3.40 | $10.20 | 6 |
| 23 | Very Old HuangpianYunnan, China | White2Tea | 25 g | $85.00 | $3.40 | $10.20 | 8 |
| 24 | Our Finest Dragonwell, 2026Zhejiang, China · 2026 harvest | Red Blossom Tea Company | 56 g56g (2 oz.) | $180.00 | $3.21 | $9.64 | 18 |
| 25 | Kuon (Eternity) (20g Can)Uji, Japan | Ippodo Tea | 20 g | $64.00 | $3.20 | $9.60 | 6 |
Vendors with the most matching listings
Median USD per gram across each vendor’s matching listings on October 1, 2026, not only the ones in the table above.
| Vendor | Matching listings | Median per gram |
|---|---|---|
| The Essence of Tea | 131 | $0.76 |
| Tea Habitat | 122 | $1.58 |
| Kettl | 55 | $1.13 |
| Spirit Tea | 47 | $0.64 |
| Tea Drunk | 42 | $2.10 |
| Bellocq | 41 | $0.72 |
| Song Tea & Ceramics | 36 | $0.88 |
| Ippodo Tea | 33 | $0.50 |
| Rare Tea Company | 27 | $0.64 |
| Global Tea Hut | 24 | $0.88 |
Questions about this list
Across 4,006 in-stock unflavoured tea listings from 37 vendors on 2026-10-01, the median is $0.33 per gram. The middle half of listings runs $0.21 to $0.56.
2025 Man Song King 1st Category Tall Trunk Ancient Tea Tree Puerh Tea (1 oz) from Tea Habitat, at $20.95 per gram (28.3 g for $593.00) on 2026-10-01. Check the vendor page before buying; prices change.
At $0.33 per gram, a 3 g Western-style cup costs about $1.00 in leaf, and a 6 g gongfu session about $2.01. Most leaf gives two or more infusions, so the real cost per cup is lower.
Any unflavoured tea, highest USD per gram first. Only in-stock teas sold in packs of 20 g or more count, and no vendor gets more than 4 places.