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The Tea Market Experience – November 2018

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 [...]

November 15, 2018

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The Tea Market Experience – October 2018

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 [...]

October 11, 2018

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Digging in Yixing Part III

We were quite fortunate during our visit to have several contacts ahead of time in Yixing, all who serve different markets – low, mid [...]

January 31, 2018

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Digging in Yixing Part II

After much discussion, research and digging during a week spent in Yixing, it’s not difficult to see that the price of an Yixing teapot [...]

January 18, 2018

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Digging in Yixing Part I

For many, gongfu tea can be an overwhelming hobby to get into at first. There are so many different types of tea from different [...]

January 18, 2018

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How to Choose a Puer Tea

This is one of the most common questions we field, especially from those who are new to puer. It can be a fairly packed [...]

January 5, 2018

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Jingdezhen Ghost Market

In late May we decided to sacrifice some sleep and wake up at 4am in order to check out the Ghost Market in Jingdezhen, [...]

September 6, 2017

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Jingdezhen – Junction of China’s Past and Future

We wasted very little time between sourcing our 2017 teas and venturing on our first teaware sourcing trip to Jingdezhen this year. Perhaps labelling [...]

June 7, 2017

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Month in Pictures (January ’17)

The year is off to a good start after receiving these 3 #tea jars. They're made extra special due to the light pink-purple [...]

February 2, 2017

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Month in Pictures (December ’16)

Decided to try something a bit different for our first #tea of the day after receiving some matcha as a gift from a [...]

January 1, 2017

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Month in Pictures (November ’16)

Taking a break between touring #tea gardens in Feng Huang to drink some song zhong dancong oolong. Now that our Blackbird and Firebird [...]

December 2, 2016

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Weeks In Pictures (October 10 – 31)

We've restocked our Ink teacups. They're a little smaller this time around and a perfect size for gongfu #tea. A photo posted by Bitterleaf [...]

November 2, 2016

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The Differences Between Spring and Fall Puer

Obligatory apology – We know that this blog has not been updated with insightful content in quite a while, and apologize. Vendor blogs tend [...]

October 16, 2016

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Week In Pictures (October 3 – 9)

You want small teapots? You got’em. Enjoy micro-gongfu #tea sessions with this sub 10ml teapot, aka teapot for ants. A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) [...]

October 10, 2016

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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 [...]

October 3, 2016

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