This standard has nothing to do with drinking tea for pleasure. It exists so that professional tea tasters can consistently get the same taste twice from the sa

This standard has nothing to do with drinking tea for pleasure. It exists so that professional tea tasters can consistently get the same taste twice from the same set of leaves. Professional tasters have to suck the tea onto their tongues from a spoon, taste, then spit out the tea. See for instance this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9BoEfwQiJc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9BoEfwQiJc