Week In Pictures (July 18 – 24) | BITTERLEAF TEAS

24JulJuly 24, 2016

Week In Pictures (July 18 – 24)

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

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Jul 17, 2016 at 11:36am PDT

The scene after a nice afternoon of tea drinking. Tea included a rou gui brought by a friend, this one, this one (soon) and this one.

Two of our favorite Yunnan crops: Lychees and Yue Guang Bai white #tea.

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Jul 20, 2016 at 11:54am PDT

Lychees and tea, an excellent combination!

Pouring some of our Straight No Chaser Bulang raw puer through a brand spanking new #tea strainer.

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Jul 21, 2016 at 11:46am PDT

A “Blueberry Stain” tea strainer that we just couldn’t help but pick up. This one’s being broken in with some Straight No Chaser 2015 Fall Bulang.

Mao cha mayhem, from left to right: Secret Garden, Da Qi Shu, Bai Hua Tan, WMD Mansa.

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Jul 22, 2016 at 1:03pm PDT

Another whodunnit tea lineup. Was it the Secret Garden, one of the leftover mao cha samples or the WMD?

Chewie’s the #tea meowster on duty today. Looks like we’ll be drinking Chew’s brews, I wonder what he’ll choose? Safe to assume it’ll be 猫cha.

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Jul 23, 2016 at 10:58am PDT

The mighty Chewbacca is also a mighty tea master.

Changing it up today with some of our 2005 Zhong Cha 7542. This leathery beast of a #tea comes from batch 502, dry stored in Kunming since birth.

A photo posted by Bitterleaf (@bitterleafteas) on Jul 24, 2016 at 12:07pm PDT

We decided to rotate the storage of our 7542 cakes, and just couldn’t help but break into it ourselves.

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A question we often receive is what the difference is between the same tea from two years. After it came up again this week, I realized the answer is often pretty boring: "They're kind of the same, but you know, one's a year (or 2) older". Gee, thanks Bitterleaf.

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It's also worth noting that the first few years of a puer's life are the ones with the most rapid changes, for better or worse. There's no shame in admitting that a tea that really stood out a month or 2 ago is underperforming today. It will no doubt bounce back, so judging it on one session or the most recent impression isn't that accurate. This could be a separate rant of its own, encouraging long-term tastings, rather than one-off assessments. We'll spare you, for now.

Anyway, it's not a bad question or that you shouldn't ask us how the '17 and '18 Core Lincang, or '18 and '19 Bitter End teas differ from each other, just that might not have a strong preference either way. We'll still happily chat about the teas, but in many cases, it depends on the day an the phase the tea is going through.

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