Taste is often the most important criterion applied when evaluating the quality of a tea. Aroma usually follows as taste’s companion measuring standard.
Ease and comfort
For me, what really draws me to tea, are hard to describe yet very tangible sensations of ease and comfort. It is for these sensations that I turn to tea on a daily basis.
Relaxation and lucidity
One tentative way to illustrate the feeling I am looking for in a fine cup of tea is gut relaxation, combined with brain lucidity. When three steeps of a given tea procure these sensations to me, I consider it to be a good tea.
Taste and aroma are delicious added bonuses to the experience.