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Pot one of Rooibos Capetown.
I think that there are certain types of tea where the processing is less important then others. I think that most black loose leaf teas are going to be similar because of the way black tea is processed. The overall quality of the tea should be similar but that there will be difference in preference due to the amount of infused flavor and the quality of the infused ingredient. So Earl Greys can very because of the level of Bergamot.
I think green teas and oolongs are more picky. Because they are less processed then the black teas you can tell the difference in growing seasons and processing errors. These are also the teas that respond to water by expanding a ton as opposed to black teas that stay about the same size.
The black Chinese teas are a bit confusing to me. They are not as mass produced in the west but what I am reading indicates that they are very popular in China and Japan. So they could have some of the green/oolong issues based on growing region and less on processing.
Does this make any sense?
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