white tea (thing) by GrouchyOldMan - Everything2.com
This being Southern California in the mid 1960's, tea wasn't the most currently trendy stimulant on offer, but Richard found a ready acolyte for his tea companion in me. I've always appreciated those who take what they do seriously, no matter what it is and Richard treated the creation and serving of tea as an art form, comparable in rigidity and understated elegance to the Japanese tea ceremony. After establishing that I was worthy of instruction, he took me on a grand tour of tea, encompassing the entire oeuvre from Oolong to Lapsang Souchong, Lung Ching to Jasmine, Herbal tea to Chai. ...