Sourcing and pricing
At The Jade Leaf, we believe in openness and honesty when it comes to our pricing. Behind each tea we offer is a meticulous process that reflects our commitment to quality, ensuring you receive an exceptional product. Here's a glimpse into what goes into bringing you the best teas.
Modern, eco-friendly & Sustainable
We live in a world where almost everything is mass produced. It’s meaningful for us to step away from that and provide you with a handmade product that was created with joy, honor and respect. We hope transmit these qualities to you when you pick-up a piece of our hand crafted teaware.
Ceramic Stove and Kettle Essential Tips
A ceramic stove and kettle are really special and exciting pieces of teaware to own and use. Heating water in clay adds a special quality to the art of making tea. It also benefits the flavor and texture of the water.
How to light charcoal
Here's a couple of quick and easy ways to light charcoal for your stove. First, cut the charcoal to fit into your stove. A small hatchet or hammer and chisel will come in handy. In these photos, I'm using rod shaped, "green" charcoal. If you have smaller pieces of charcoal that don't need to be broken down to fit nicely in your stove, you can skip this step.
Wood firing in Miaoli, Taiwan
The Jade Leaf aka Emilio and some friends fired a wood kiln in Miaoli, Taiwan last week with some friends. Wood firing is a huge task. I'll break this into 3 posts. This one is the first and shows the preparations involved in getting the kiln and pottery prepared and loaded into the kiln for firing.
Making our own tea
This blog post is an in depth explanation of how tea is produced from start to finish.
