Is Tea Good or Bad? Only What Suits Your Taste Matters?

I really dislike this kind of wishy-washy statement!

Tea absolutely has good and bad quality, and the biggest indicator is price. If there were no differences in quality, how could there be sky-high priced tea? Why would people personally go to tea mountains to watch over the picking, processing, and sun-drying, and finally pack it themselves to bring home...

Take myself as an example. I started the e-commerce site 51pur.com in 2008, and until 2013, I didn't really understand tea. At that time, I firmly believed that many teas were marketing-driven, and most high-priced teas were just hype. It wasn't until 2013, when I had several unpleasant experiences drinking tea—not exactly tea intoxication, but feeling restless, heavy, and unable to eat or drink properly—that I realized it was because I usually drank large cups of mediocre tea due to work, and my body was sending warnings. From that point on, I suddenly found that I could understand tea a bit better, and it was then that I decided to make tea myself by going up the mountains. I'll share those stories later if I have the chance.

There's another saying in the tea industry: "Tea can speak!" It means that if you can understand tea, it will tell you what kind of tea it is and its quality. To put it plainly, through looking, smelling, and tasting, a mature professional tea master can roughly understand the tea's ecology, processing, and flavor, thereby judging its quality.

I am from Jiangxi, and for many years, my diet was salty and spicy. It wasn't until recent years, when I began to appreciate the beauty of tea, that my diet became lighter. I found that I started to enjoy seafood, especially deep-sea seafood, where the natural flavor of the ingredients shines through with simple preparation. Even now, my family back home doesn't really like seafood, thinking it lacks flavor.

I think "what suits your taste is precious" also has some truth. It means you should trust your own judgment and not be swayed by others' hype. The tea you currently enjoy might indeed be the most suitable for you, but we should also strive for a better quality of life and improve our tastes. If you like drinking, drink good wine; if you like tea, drink good tea, and learn to appreciate it.