Guanyin Pavilion Tea House: Drinking the Same Jasmine Green for 20 Years Bitterleaf2023-04-03T00:06:09+08:00 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, 20230 Comments Read more...
Chaozhou Dancong Oolong: How It’s Made, A Visual Guide Bitterleaf2022-11-22T18:10:32+08:00In 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, 20212 Comments Read more...
Making a Wrapper – Priceless 2020 Charitea Cake Bitterleaf2020-11-27T02:56:59+08:00 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, 20200 Comments Read more...
Charcoal Roasting Dancong in Chaozhou Bitterleaf2021-01-09T14:02:39+08:00If 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, 20200 Comments Read more...
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...
Inside a Jingdezhen Teaware Studio Bitterleaf2020-01-27T00:06:19+08:00 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, 20200 Comments Read more...
How Its Made: Firing Tea Jars in Jianshui Bitterleaf2019-09-10T23:07:11+08:00 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, 20190 Comments Read more...
Digging in Yixing Part III Bitterleaf2018-06-06T23:04:56+08:00 We were quite fortunate during our visit to have several contacts ahead of time in Yixing, all who serve different markets – low, mid and... January 31, 20180 Comments Read more...
Digging in Yixing Part II Bitterleaf2018-06-06T18:31:30+08:00 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 is... January 18, 20180 Comments Read more...
Digging in Yixing Part I Bitterleaf2019-01-13T13:14:40+08:00 For many, gongfu tea can be an overwhelming hobby to get into at first. There are so many different types of tea from different areas,... January 18, 20180 Comments Read more...
Jingdezhen Ghost Market Bitterleaf2017-09-06T17:23:38+08:00In late May we decided to sacrifice some sleep and wake up at 4am in order to check out the Ghost Market in Jingdezhen, which... September 6, 20170 Comments Read more...
Jingdezhen – Junction of China’s Past and Future Bitterleaf2018-02-11T21:15:00+08:00 We wasted very little time between sourcing our 2017 teas and venturing on our first teaware sourcing trip to Jingdezhen this year. Perhaps labelling it... June 7, 20170 Comments Read more...
2016 Yiwu Tea Competition in Pictures Bitterleaf2016-05-01T21:05:51+08:00 These are a few pictures from day 2 (the most interesting/happening day) of a 3 day tea festival that happens every year in Yiwu. We were... May 1, 20160 Comments Read more...
Four Days in Yiwu Bitterleaf2018-06-06T17:23:45+08:00As this is our first blog post, I suppose an appropriate place to start is with how we got into tea. Currently we are in... September 12, 20150 Comments Read more...