Tea reviews for tea drinkers
Welcome to my fifth monthly check in on Bitterleaf Teas’ Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good! This cake was pressed on May 2, so it has now passed the six month mark of life. Through my last five months of tasting this tea I feel like it hasn’t gone through any drastic changes. In my head it…
This year I grabbed samples of the full lineup of 2019 Bitterleaf Teas’ sheng puerhs, but as they were pressed a bit later in the year I’ve been holding off on doing reviews so they can settle in. I reached out to Jonah to ask which of their teas he was digging on right now…
Another month in the bag means it’s time to check in on Bitterleaf Teas‘ Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good! If you’re reading this for the first time, I am doing monthly tastings of this tea and posting updated reviews. If you want to read my past notes, you can find them all here. Seeing as we’ve…
Time for another look at Bitterleaf Teas‘ Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good raw puerh! If you’re just coming across this for the first time now, I will be posting updated reviews on this tea monthly for the next year. This is my third month/third tasting. Please check out last month’s review here and the previous month…
It’s the last weekend of the month so you know what that means… time for an update on Bitterleaf Teas‘ Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good raw puerh! In case you are just coming across this post, I will be checking in on this cake monthly and writing new reviews on it to track how it progresses…
Alright, it’s time to break into a cake that I have been fearfully looking forward to for some time – Bitterleaf Tea’s 2019 Bitter End Xtra Bitter. This is my first time trying a Lao Man E sheng puerh and based on all my reading I’m pretty sure I’m going to dislike it. As the…
Bitterleaf Tea‘s 2019 Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good is a tea that’s made from Lincang tea leaves that are supposed to be similar to Xigui material. To quote Bitterleaf, this tea “is definitely not Xigui, but still Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good.” A while ago I decided I wanted to purchase a fresh puerh cake and do…
Bitterleaf Teas’ 2016 Windfall is a raw puerh made from Guafengzhai old tree autumn material. This is a very expensive region to source tea out of, so Bitterleaf is offering this cake as a way to dip your toes in and get the general character of the region, but without having to completely drain your…
Bitterleaf Teas’ 2018 WMD is an unblended raw puerh made of all gushu material from Mansa. The cake comes out to just under $1 USD per gram, so this is a good deal more pricey than the normal puerhs I drink, and I’m really looking forward to see how it performs. Before going on, I…
Bitterleaf Teas’ 2017 Plum Beauty is an interesting tea, in that they offer it in three different grades – bronze, silver, and gold. All three of these puerhs are made from Mengsong material with the difference between the three being both the age of the trees the leaves came from, as well as the overall…