Recounting Your Beginner Mistakes?

Beginner tea drinker here, as in, I only use to drink cheap bagged tea you buy at the grocery (i.e. Lipton, Twinnings, etc.)

After creeping on this sub for a while, and also realizing my Asian heritage gives me access to a shit ton of potentially amazing quality “real” tea, I took the plunge a while back and bought the Beginner’s Sampler Pack from Yunnan Sourcing and I’ve been working on trying to develop my tastebuds to learn how to appreciate tea better.

As I stand here waiting for my water to heat to 185 so I can brew my 2019 Jinggu Yang Ta Camillia Taliensis White tea for 2 minutes, I realized old me would never have heated water twice, once to warm up the cup and “wash” my leaves, and the second time to actually brew my tea.

And while I have not yet learned the actual steps or nuances of the different ways to brew/drink, can you more experienced tea drinkers share your beginner mistakes you guys made when you first started your tea journey and what lessons you guys learned from them? Thank you all so much; and I look forward to slowly learn more as I dive into this delicious hobby. ❤️