The tea tasting Thursday opened my mind to a whole new world of tea. Before Thursday, I also had drunk tea with a lot of honey. On Thursday, we drank tea without any sweetener, just the tea itself. Drinking pure tea was such a different experience. It was not as sweet, but it was natural and smooth tasting. The tea leaves looked dry and earthly when outside the tea. When the tea leaves entered the tea, they would mix beautifully and dissolve in the drink. Most of the teas tasted similar and had a smooth, consistent taste throughout. The tea relaxed both my body and my mind; I will say that the water mixed in with the tea was prepared very well; it was very hot but in a good way and clean. The aftertaste of the different teas was often earthly tasting, and the taste lingered in one’s mouth. The tea biscuits created a great contrast with the tea itself; the biscuits were dry, but the tea was so refreshing to drink after the biscuit, they made a great combination together. After tasting the various teas, I realized that George Orwell is even more wrong than I had initially thought. What makes tea tasting so fun is mixing and matching all these different ingredients with all the other teas to find a perfect combination.
