Against Boredom

I was super excited to try white2tea’s shou puerh. The two teas I’ve had so far are the 2020 Waffles and 2017 Old Reliable and while they’re super mellow and smooth, both teas lacked the zing that I was looking for. For instance the 2001 YS Ripe Pu-erh was so much more interesting! These white2tea cakes left me bored.

TeaDB did an article on white2tea and one of their recommendations was, “You could also buy older factory tea from the 2000s or 1990s. These teas are often thought of as superior to their more modern cousins, mostly due to the factories having access to better material.” The opportunity cost is that for the price point of white2tea, I could have bought more interesting aged factory teas. I want tea to challenge me and these cakes didn’t.