2019 Undercover by White2Tea
Now is probably not the best time for me to start writing this; it’s the height of the day, outside I can see that the skies are clear blue and the pine trees are still, I’m a couple of steeps in and I’m getting the feeling that soon I may want to go out. Still, it’s only coming on slowly. This morning and the one before I’ve woken up feeling off colour, with tender glands in the neck and a dull apathy that’s kept me in bed til mid morning. Yesterday, after some subdued hours, I remembered tea. I am currently overseas and my tea selection while diverse, is highly portable. This tea cake, ‘Undercover’ from White2Tea, is the star of my meagre sheng Puerh collection, and I selected it from last year’s new offerings as my go to drinker to take overseas. It’s not an inexpensive cake, I worked it out at about 5 Australian dollars per 7 gram session, but I needed it to be engaging enough to drink frequently and satisfying enough to quash the need to seek out other, more expensive things to...