@Baisao: on the topic of "illicit drugs", I'm finally relaxing with some of my loose leaf puer from the 70s.
There's something strangely pleasant for me about being overpowered by a tea, and letting it take me on a little ride (though I appreciate that that is not everyone's idea of a pleasant experience).
I suppose that tea is more a 'ritual' than a 'routine' for me, in the sense that a routine tends to be mundane and requires little thought, whereas, for me, the word ritual connotes an activity undertaken with some sense of purpose, even if it is something that is done every day, and even if that purpose is pursued without much active thought.
@LeoFox: it sounds like you are treating your white tea as if it were a yancha in terms of stuffing the pot, and as if it were an old puer in terms of brewing it lazily... White tea is something that I have only ever brewed very casually, it tall glasses, big pots, or overnight in the fridge.
Andrew