Learning to drink old new teas 3

The Wonder of Aged Tea

Today I pulled out one of the oldest teas in my storage. It is an autumn tea from 2010, though I am not sure exactly which one. I was unable to identify the old characters on the wrapper. I do know that it comes from an edition featuring the Six Famous Tea Mountains—and that this one is not Yiwu.

But who cares, as long as the tea is good? And this one is simply perfect. My guess would be Manzhuan, but let us leave it at that.

Then there is the fact that it is an autumn tea—but so what? This tea is remarkably good. Who says autumn tea cannot be good?

Once a tea reaches this age—after 15 years have passed—it has genuinely become aged tea. You know that you are drinking something old, not a young, fresh sheng. But are you prepared for that transformation? I believe that anyone who stores their own tea and drinks it from time to time will understand and appreciate it.

It is like a person’s life: every period has its own charm.