Weeding Tea Gardens: 3 Methods of Removal, Pros & Cons Bitterleaf2020-06-15T22:55:27+08:00 As with any tea-related process, the different methods for weeding a tea field offer a trade-off between cost and quality, or more specifically cost and... April 29, 20200 Comments Read more...
The Tea Market Experience – April 2019 Bitterleaf2019-09-10T22:25:43+08:00 The Tea Market Experience is a non-subscription tea club that offers unique, interesting and possibly dubiously labelled teas, bringing you as close as possible to... April 19, 20190 Comments Read more...
The Tea Market Experience – March 2019 Bitterleaf2019-03-07T01:00:04+08:00 The Tea Market Experience is a non-subscription tea club that offers unique, interesting and possibly dubiously labelled teas, bringing you as close as possible to... March 7, 20191 Comment Read more...
The Tea Market Experience – January 2019 Bitterleaf2019-01-18T19:39:49+08:00 The Tea Market Experience is a non-subscription tea club that offers unique, interesting and possibly dubiously labelled teas, bringing you as close as possible to... January 18, 20191 Comment Read more...
The Tea Market Experience – November 2018 Bitterleaf2019-01-17T15:32:52+08:00 The Tea Market Experience is a non-subscription tea club that offers unique, interesting and possibly dubiously labelled teas, bringing you as close as possible to... November 15, 20180 Comments Read more...
The Tea Market Experience – October 2018 Bitterleaf2018-10-13T01:45:56+08:00 The Tea Market Experience is a non-subscription tea club that offers unique, interesting and possibly dubiously labelled teas, bringing you as close as possible to... October 11, 20180 Comments Read more...
How to Choose a Puer Tea Bitterleaf2019-08-21T22:08:49+08:00This is one of the most common questions we field, especially from those who are new to puer. It can be a fairly packed question... January 5, 20180 Comments Read more...
Month in Pictures (January ’17) Bitterleaf2017-03-31T22:57:12+08:00 The year is off to a good start after receiving these 3 #tea jars. They're made extra special due to the... February 2, 20170 Comments Read more...
Month in Pictures (December ’16) Bitterleaf2017-03-31T22:57:40+08:00 Decided to try something a bit different for our first #tea of the day after receiving some matcha as a gift... January 1, 20170 Comments Read more...
Month in Pictures (November ’16) Bitterleaf2017-02-02T16:45:36+08:00 Taking a break between touring #tea gardens in Feng Huang to drink some song zhong dancong oolong. Now that our Blackbird... December 2, 20160 Comments Read more...
Weeks In Pictures (October 10 – 31) Bitterleaf2017-02-02T16:14:49+08:00 We've restocked our Ink teacups. They're a little smaller this time around and a perfect size for gongfu #tea. A photo... November 2, 20160 Comments Read more...
The Differences Between Spring and Fall Puer Bitterleaf2020-09-11T15:52:20+08:00Obligatory apology - We know that this blog has not been updated with insightful content in quite a while, and apologize. Vendor blogs tend to... October 16, 20160 Comments Read more...
Week In Pictures (September 26 – October 2) Bitterleaf2016-10-16T14:49:24+08:00 Enjoying some poolside #tea just one last time before heading home. A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Sep 26, 2016 at 9:08am PDT Embracing the good... October 3, 20160 Comments Read more...
Week In Pictures (September 12 – 18) Bitterleaf2016-10-05T17:31:45+08:00 We spent this week travelling, but that didn't mean we didn't have time for tea or photos. Packing an adequate amount of... September 19, 20160 Comments Read more...
Week In Pictures (September 5 – 11) Bitterleaf2016-10-05T20:23:02+08:00 Breaking in a new 90ml white zitao clay pot we just brought back from Jianshui. We figured some Alter Ego huang pian would make for... September 12, 20160 Comments Read more...
Week In Pictures (August 29 – September 4) Bitterleaf2016-10-05T16:54:46+08:00 Put together a set of birthday gifts for the one responsible for getting us into puer. Luckily we didn't have to... September 5, 20160 Comments Read more...
Week In Pictures (August 22 – 28) Bitterleaf2016-10-18T17:37:06+08:00 This may look like a simple 80ml gaiwan, but in the Chinese #tea scene, pink is the hot colour this year. Why pink? It comes... August 29, 20160 Comments Read more...
Week In Pictures (August 15 – 21) Bitterleaf2016-10-18T17:36:58+08:00 A pot of gold, or in this case a gong dao bei of gold at the end of the rainbow in our 2016 TMBA Mang... August 22, 20160 Comments Read more...
Week In Pictures (August 8 – 14) Bitterleaf2016-10-16T14:50:53+08:00 The newest addition to our gaiwan collection is a bit of a standout. We love that it's hand painted and thin walled, but it was... August 15, 20160 Comments Read more...
Week In Pictures (August 1 – 7) Bitterleaf2016-10-18T18:19:08+08:00 6 ancient #tea mountains, 6 teas. All old or ancient tree material. Soon. For now, there's some new teaware up in the store, including Jianshui... August 7, 20160 Comments Read more...