David had an art teacher who would always remind them to “spend at least 90% of your time looking at your subject, and at most 10% of your time looking at your painting of it.”
Nonetheless, as soon as his interest in tea started to really take hold, David’s excitement about sharing what he was learning started to eclipse it.
That’s not inherently a bad thing, but it ended up tipping the scales far too far in the direction of “looking at the painting.”
Eventually, he realized it was time to come back to looking at the tea itself: experiencing the tea, having a relationship with the tea, allowing the tea to be what it is.
So, please; feel welcome to ask your questions about what makes pǔ’ěr pǔ’ěr, or how Mùzhà Tiě Guānyīn came to be so different from mainstream, mainland Tiě Guānyīn. But, also know that, however fascinating he finds the subject, David will try to remember to allow the tea to speak for itself.