It was my theory all along that an artist should work with whatever he has.
Everyone who knows what (s)he is doing can brew a wonderful tea from fresh
high grade expensive leaf. And one should try get better material to work
with, no doubt. But making something of great taste and character out of 10
years old Georgian Number 3 shitleaf tea (so "con palo" that its more like
"sans leaf") - brings one a special satisfaction and helps to understand the
boundaries of the art of tea.
It's like doing crosswords, like investigating a murder.
Or may be I am just a pervert...

Sasha.


"Mydnight" > wrote in message
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> I'll give it a go and tell you want I think. The reason I may just
> throw it out is because the tea that I had acquired was pretty low
> quality anyway; all the more reason to experiement, I guess!
>