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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

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 PDTEmbracing the...

October 3, 2016

Week In Pictures (September 19 – 25)

Brewing some Old Stalk 2002 Lincang raw puer and letting one of our new snail #tea pets explore its natural habitat. A photo posted by...

September 26, 2016

Week In Pictures (September 12 – 18)

We spent this week travelling, but that didn't mean we didn't have time for tea or photos. Packing an adequate amount...

September 19, 2016

Week In Pictures (September 5 – 11)

Breaking in a new 90ml white zitao clay pot we just brought back from Jianshui. We figured some Alter Ego huang pian would make...

September 12, 2016

Week In Pictures (August 29 – September 4)

Put together a set of birthday gifts for the one responsible for getting us into puer. Luckily we didn't have...

September 5, 2016

Week In Pictures (August 22 – 28)

This may look like a simple 80ml gaiwan, but in the Chinese #tea scene, pink is the hot colour this year. Why pink? It...

August 29, 2016

Week In Pictures (August 15 – 21)

A pot of gold, or in this case a gong dao bei of gold at the end of the rainbow in our 2016 TMBA...

August 22, 2016

Week In Pictures (August 8 – 14)

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...

August 15, 2016

Week In Pictures (August 1 – 7)

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...

August 7, 2016

Week In Pictures (July 25 – 31)

New wood fired #tea jars, with our 2007 Silver and Golden bowl tuo chas for scale. A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Jul 25,...

July 31, 2016

Week In Pictures (July 18 – 24)

#Tea tasting aftermath: 2016 Rou Gui l Winter Wings 2015 Bang Dong raw l Mad King 2006 Ban Zhang raw l Diamond Cutter 2002...

July 24, 2016

Week In Pictures (July 10 – 17)

New teaware is now up in the shop, including these one-of-a-kind Ink splash gaiwans and matching cups. That's not all...

July 17, 2016

Week In Pictures (July 3 – 9)

A gang of our new wood fired teacups hanging out and taking a break between product shots. They worked hard...

July 9, 2016

Week In Pictures (June 26 – July 2)

The resident tea meowster, after patiently waiting for his humans to join him for some shou puer. The Chairman has...

July 2, 2016

Week In Pictures (June 19 – 25)

Had the final touches put on a custom Jianshui pot we picked up for a certain tea-loving dad this week....

June 25, 2016

Week In Pictures (June 12 – 18)

Remnants of yellow (huang pian), white and black tea, all in a row. New teaware and old favourites that'll never...

June 18, 2016

Week in Pictures (June 5 – 11)

Tamed a new teapet today with the help of a Warrior gaiwan. One of 4 new smurf-blue, dead stock ceramic...

June 11, 2016

Week in Pictures (May 28 – June 4)

This post is a little more than a week in pictures, we know. We've been busy trying to prepare new teaware though, as evidenced...

June 5, 2016

Week in Pictures (May 19 – 27)

Trying to put this puzzle together after a session with our WMD Mansa raw puer. Turns out any way works...

May 28, 2016