Some tea customers like to taste high-end tea as soon as they enter the tea shop, but it is very rare to be able to drink high-end tea right after walking in. If you are not familiar with the tea shop owner, you usually can only start by drinking cheaper tea.

[Main Text] When drinking tea, you often encounter some people who, as soon as they sit down, talk about Ban Zhang, Bing Dao, and other teas. The implication is that they drink the most famous and best Pu'er tea. But often this is just a wishful thinking of some tea drinkers. Generally, when entering a tea shop, if the people are not familiar, you can only drink the cheapest tea. This is almost a default way for tea merchants to serve tea, based on the following reasons:

1. Unclear about the customer's level of knowledge about tea products.

2. Unclear whether the customer is purely there to drink tea for free or to buy tea.

3. Starting with cheaper tea allows for comparison with better tea.

So, do we must drink the most famous and best Pu'er tea? The answer is no, because drinking the most famous and best Pu'er tea means we have to pay a very high price. This price is sometimes spiritual, sometimes economic, and sometimes time-consuming. And for us ordinary people, how can we have so much time, energy, and money to spend on Pu'er tea?

Thus, our choices become very limited: either consider the price, consider the brand, or consider the need (for personal drinking, collection, or gift-giving).

Behind these issues, ordinary people are misaligned with the most famous and best Pu'er tea. And in this misalignment, many people still fantasize about gaining high returns at a low cost. Ultimately, it comes down to human greed. According to normal thinking, getting a proportional return for your effort is already exceeding value, because in life, it is normal for gains to be less than付出.

1. Don’t Aim Too High in Your Heart

As an ordinary unfamiliar customer entering the shop, please keep your expectations realistic. In the eyes of the tea server, you are an ordinary person; don’t dwell on those most famous and best Pu'er tea products. Tea people often say that good tea should be given to those who understand tea, and it’s not enough for you to think you understand—others must recognize that you understand for it to be true.

2. Just Drink What Is Offered

When going to a tea shop to drink tea, just drink what is offered. If it doesn’t taste good, take a few sips less. If you have a need to buy tea, ask the staff to brew some better tea. Don’t say too many "honest" comments in front of a crowd. Besides the most famous and best, there are actually many ordinary teas in Pu'er tea, and these ordinary teas are called "staple teas" for daily drinking. When your economic level and time are insufficient, it is recommended to spend less time pondering those most famous and best Pu'er teas.

3. Don’t Overdraft Your Credit

Many people, after drinking tea in the shop, clearly have no intention of shopping, but before leaving, they say something like, "I will come back to buy it tonight," but then they don’t show up. This habit is a bad habit that overdrafts your credibility. When the staff hears this kind of talk often, they will often not take you seriously. After multiple times, the staff won’t even brew tea for you anymore.