after having lurked around here for awhile, I decided to cross the line and join your ranks. Well... just let me jot two lines down to introduce myself...
Being an european native, for many years I used to drink tons of bland cups of tea with paper flavour and drab appearance.. ehm... yes... enjoying them... shabby groove, I konw... then, I stumbled across loose leaves and a new, striking course began... so luckily, bag brew times are dim memories..
Nowadays I steep mainly jap greens and chinese blacks. Chinese white and yellow teas are permanent residents in my cupboard too.
...and of course I'm seriously affected by teaware addiction, even if I'm struggling to quell this demon.

that's all. See you.
Baku