"Tea Talk on Paper" No. 28: Quotations on Pu-erh Tea

Note: This article was written on July 3, 2019, and first published on "51 Pu-erh Tea Website".

01, If someone tells you where the tea is from just by looking at the appearance of the tea leaves, you can initially conclude he is a liar; if he does this multiple times with different teas, you can be sure he is a liar.
02, Don't believe in so-called tea masters; most masters are only eyeing your wallet.
03, When someone solemnly tells you this is tea from a famous mountain, don't take it seriously; possibly he himself is not sure.
04, If it tastes good to you and you can afford it, it is good tea; other teas can be ignored.
05, Most of those who claim to have Yiwu high-stalk tea are liars. The very few real tea merchants with small quantities are generally not encountered by you.
06, Laobanzhang is not only famous; the tea is indeed delicious.
07, When buying tea, buy the right one; when tasting tea, taste the expensive one.
08, Pu-erh tea is the terminator of tea drinkers; this saying is true.
09, Once you touch Pu-erh, it ruins your life; once you touch Pu-erh, it benefits your life.
10, When you first drink Pu-erh, you are confused; after drinking more, you seem to understand a lot; after a while, you find yourself even more confused... Actually, at this stage you are beginning to understand.

11, A thousand audiences have a thousand Hamlets; a thousand tea drinkers have a hundred thousand kinds of Pu-erh tea.
12, Previously you thought this tea was particularly good, but now no matter how you drink it, it tastes particularly bad. Don't doubt your taste; you have improved.
13, As people get older, the tea they drink becomes more expensive.
14, Tea is only a little better, but the price is much higher.
15, Some people drink ordinary tea all their lives; this is a kind of happiness.
16, Some people keep striving to find better tea; this is also a kind of happiness.
17, It is normal to travel across thousands of mountains and not find good tea. It is also normal to visit tea mountains and find good tea everywhere. What is abnormal is only your mindset.
18, To truly understand tea, you need not only to drink more tea, but also to eat lightly, and not to look at the mountain or whether it is ancient tree tea; just drink the tea.
19, You ask me how deep the water of Pu-erh tea is? Answer in one word: deep; in two words: very deep; in three words: extremely deep; in more words: deeper than the water in the Mariana Trench.
20, Every tea-producing area has good tea; it's just that you don't know.

21, Don't be superstitious about famous mountains; keeping your wallet tight is the correct posture.
22, Frost, drought, and reduced production are normal natural phenomena, and they are also reasons to fool you into buying tea.
23, The role of tea art is only to make tea taste better; what plays the decisive role is still the tea.
24, Talking about tea art without tea is hooliganism.
25, "The older, the more fragrant" is true; good tea will indeed taste better and better over a considerable period of time.
26, When businessmen talk about "the older, the more fragrant," they just want to sell you tea.
27, Only good tea is worth storing; garbage tea stored for a hundred years is still garbage.
28, Even Laobanzhang with a certificate can be fake.
29, For famous mountain brands produced on a large scale, the words on the wrapping paper are true.
30, There were originally no ancient tree teas in the world; it was only because tea makers shouted more that ancient tree tea came into being.

31, Where have the small trees gone? Yunnan's ancient tree tea production is several thousand tons, but Yunnan's total tea production is nearly 400,000 tons.
32, Thousand-year-old ancient tree tea is just a legend.
33, There are too many liars in the tea industry; fortunately, there are enough novices.
34, Don't be superstitious about the aroma of the cup; the aroma of the tea soup is the real aroma.
35, Someone says they have contracted the entire production of a certain famous mountain... When you encounter such people, it's best to walk around them.
36, Once you enter the tea mountains, it's as deep as the sea; keeping your wallet tight is the right way.
37, Tea mountain tours are indeed very interesting, provided you like tea.
38, The currently advocated ancient method of making Pu-erh tea has only been verified to be a few decades old.
39, A certain brand of high-stalk ancient tree tea was actually found to contain glyphosate.
40, Tea can speak; it just depends on whether you can understand it.

41, When you were a child, your parents taught you to eat; when you grow up, do you still need someone to teach you to drink tea?
42, When drinking tea, you should respect the feelings of your body and mouth, and not be superstitious about authority.
43, Sun-dried xiao qing gan (small green tangerine) is not only not health-preserving, but also harmful to the body.
44, No one says their own tea is bad, even if that is the fact.
45, If tea makes you feel uncomfortable after drinking, please stay away from it.
46, Good tea has a thousand tastes, but tea trees all grow in places with good ecology.
47, Discussing the age of tea trees is like blind men touching an elephant.

The following content is optional reading:
48, When you forget the taste and feel the tea with your body, congratulations, you have entered the door.
49, Drinking tea can bring a sense of imagery; good tea brings good imagery.
50, Tea energy (cha qi) exists; you need a clear body to feel it.
51, Tea has its way, but the right way is full of vicissitudes; respect nature and keep your original heart.

This is the twenty-eighth article of "Tea Talk on Paper". I am Lü Jianfeng from 51 Pu-erh Tea Website. The content of this article was once posted on my WeChat Moments. Now I have compiled 51 articles. You are welcome to read them while drinking tea. Please contact me for authorization for reprinting. My WeChat: 673998. Thank you.