In fact, the practice of charging tea fees has a long history, which can be said to be an industry practice. And when you are in these tea restaurants, the merchants will always help you buy more tea. From this point of view, I personally think it should be collected. Besides, a few dollars of tea is actually not expensive, after all, merchants also have to spend money on tea.

Of course, if the tea restaurant can clearly mark the price, it would be better to standardize its operation. And if the merchant can do it, get the customer's consent first, and the customer will be more willing to pay.

In Guangdong and other places, drinking morning tea is a catering culture. The family, old or young, or about three or five friends, make a pot of tea in the restaurant, order some delicious refreshments, and talk about family and business for most of the day. Some traditional teahouses and Cantonese morning tea shops have specially equipped tea sets for tea drinkers. For example, each dining table is equipped with a kettle, a tea tray, a tea leak and a teacup. In Guangdong, people have some habits of drinking tea. For example, if there is no water in the teapot, customers only need to open the lid of the teapot and a waiter will come to refill the water. Over time, Cantonese-style morning tea shops have also formed the practice of collecting tea fees by default. According to the relevant provisions of China's "Price Law", when providing products or services, merchants should clearly mark the price, protect consumers' right to know and fair choice, and must not set up invisible consumption items, let alone buy and sell hard.

However, the reality is that many consumers didn't know this consumption item when they were having tea and eating, and it was not until they paid the bill that they found that the coffee table fee was calculated according to the head count, and some even included the cost of napkins that were not clearly marked in advance, thus fulfilling the obligation of informing.

Should I pay for tea? In fact, it is not illegal for merchants to charge for tea. What is illegal is that the obligation to inform in advance is not fulfilled, depriving consumers of the right to know and the right to choose fairly. The problem of tea fee belongs to the "overlord clause" in a popular sentence.

If the merchant informs the consumer of the pricing of the tea place fee in advance and solicits the opinions of the consumer, the consumer can choose whether to drink or not, and if not, the tea place fee cannot be charged. Of course, if the price of tea places is obviously too high, it may also violate the price law.