White tea is so good!

 My afternoon pick me up today is a mug of Himalayan white tea from the bulk section of my local natural market. I don't know anything else about it. Other than it's Himalayan.

But the flavors of this white tea are so unique, I just had to say something about it. It's a long- lasting impresser of the tongue. It's a little nip at the end of each sip and a lasting intricate floral-type flavor that leaves you curious and wanting more. I don't care how cheesy that sounds.  That's my experience of this lovely tea. It's true that I over-steeped mine today,  so my end-nip is a bit nippier than usual.  Don't mind at all.

I don't know how much caffeine is in this one. I don't buy the idea that black tea has the most caffeine,  then green and oolong, then white with the least. I think that's an oversimplification. I wonder who decided this should be called "white" tea.  It's just as dark in my cup as some greens and oolongs, and the dry leaves aren't that silvery. Well I suppose it's just for convenience' sake.

This white tea is magical. I have never been one to desire to travel to the Himalayas but I would definitely want to see this tea farm.  And shake the hands of those who produce it.