Give Up

Behind every good cup of tea, there is a meticulous attention to detail in every step of the process, from growing the tea plants, harvesting the leaves, to brewing the tea. Expensive tea isn’t necessarily good or suitable for you. Many tea enthusiasts share this feeling: once you fall in love with tea and start drinking it regularly, it becomes hard to give up. Sometimes it’s hard to put into words exactly why, but you just like the feeling. When you come across a great cup of tea, it has a rich and full-bodied broth with a subtle aged fragrance. It may taste slightly bitter at first, but then a gentle sweetness lingers on the palate, leaving an aftertaste that’s both refreshing and intriguing. Tea comes in many different forms; each mountain range, each type of tree, produces its own unique flavor. Even within the same village, differences in picking methods, the timing and heat used in stir-frying and sun-drying can result in markedly different flavors. Even when the tea comes from the same mountain, different tea makers will produce vastly different results. Fame doesn’t guarantee quality; good tea must be crafted by skilled tea masters. Everyone’s taste buds are…