Bitterleaf, Author At BITTERLEAF TEAS

Guanyin Pavilion Tea House: Drinking the Same Jasmine Green for 20 Years

Located about ½ an hour outside of Chengdu, Guanyin Pavilion tea house has been standing for over 100 years. With little to no modern renovations...

April 2, 2023

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Chaozhou Dancong Oolong: How It’s Made, A Visual Guide

In this video we show you, not tell you, the steps involved when making Dancong Oolong maocha. This is the initial processing for Dancong, after...

July 22, 2021

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Making a Wrapper – Priceless 2020 Charitea Cake

As difficult as 2020 has been, it has also been an opportunity to take inventory of the things we are grateful for, and to shift...

November 27, 2020

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Charcoal Roasting Dancong in Chaozhou

If you've ever why people bother mentioning that a tea is charcoal roasted, it's because this process not only adds cost and time, but also...

September 11, 2020

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Weeding Tea Gardens: 3 Methods of Removal, Pros & Cons

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, 2020

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Drinking Tea All Day: How to Fit the Most Tea Into a Single Day

Yes, drinking tea all day sounds like a fantastic idea. And for the most part, it is, but you've got to remember that caffeine is...

March 29, 2020

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Yixing vs Jianshui Teapots & Teaware: Differences & Similarities

When getting into gongfu brewing, Chinese tea, teapots and the like, there are 2 clays you’re most likely to hear about. Yixing zisha and Jianshui...

March 9, 2020

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Inside a Jingdezhen Teaware Studio

Behind the scenes in the studio where our 1001 series teaware is made. There are several steps producing any piece of teaware, but teapots in...

January 27, 2020

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How to Store White Tea (or Just About Any Other Type of Tea)

As the popularity of white tea increases, so do the number of questions about proper storage for this minimally processed tea. Well, we’re going to...

January 19, 2020

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How Its Made: Firing Tea Jars in Jianshui

While in Jianshui this past summer, we decided to shoot some footage of a custom batch of tea (and water) jars we ordered being loaded...

September 10, 2019

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The Tea Market Experience – April 2019

The Tea Market Experience is a non-subscription tea club that offers unique, interesting and possibly dubiously labelled teas, bringing you as...

April 19, 2019

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The Tea Market Experience – March 2019

The Tea Market Experience is a non-subscription tea club that offers unique, interesting and possibly dubiously labelled teas, bringing you as...

March 7, 2019

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The Tea Market Experience – January 2019

The Tea Market Experience is a non-subscription tea club that offers unique, interesting and possibly dubiously labelled teas, bringing you as close as...

January 18, 2019

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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...

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...

October 11, 2018

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