Week In Pictures (September 26 – October 2)

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 life, with a flower behind the ear and all.

Enjoying some #tea amongst the rice paddies, while the white horses graze on a rainy afternoon. We’re also breaking in one of our newly listed coral teacups with some shou puer, trying to get some more crackles out of it…

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Sep 27, 2016 at 11:22am PDT

A rainy afternoon in Ubud made for a nice setting to drink tea in. Here we are showing off our new Coral teacups and Ivory Drip Gaiwan.

New teaware up in the shop, including cups, Jianshui teajars and these beauties. #tea

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Sep 27, 2016 at 11:28am PDT

2 Moonface teacups bearing news of new teaware added to the shop.

The joys of hand made teaware – no two are exactly the same. #tea

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Sep 28, 2016 at 10:57am PDT

Our Sakura teacups, which while a cooler tone than our gaiwan of the same name, but still a nice match.

Taking our #tea to new heights and making falls of our own with some 2014 ancient tree Youle.

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Sep 29, 2016 at 12:39pm PDT

Found this waterfall and decided to make a teafall of our own with 2014 ancient tree You Le.

Picked up some new #tea toys from @egoshopubud while in Ubud. Unfortunately there were only two cups, just enough for ourselves, but we also found a little sculpture for our future Kunming studio…

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Sep 30, 2016 at 10:55am PDT

Some souvenirs from Ubud. We wanted more teacups, but these were the only 2 available, unfortunately.

Our custom Jianshui teapot orders may have closed, but we still have some new teapots on the way, including this fish engraved teapot. #tea

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Oct 1, 2016 at 11:10am PDT

We were holding onto this fish engraved Jianshui zitao teapot for a little while before posting a picture of it… it didn’t take long for it to find a new home!

Our fish teapot from another angle. In China, fish also symbolize a surplus of wealth, making this pot a possible wise investment… 年年有余！ #tea

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Oct 1, 2016 at 11:21am PDT

Another angle of the fish teapot. Fish symbolize a surplus of wealth due to their similar pronunciation to surplus/spare (余).