The Perfect Gift is a main story quest you can find in Assassins Creed Shadows in the Izumi Settsu region. Its available after finding Imai Sokyu during Searching Sakai and is a key part of your hunt for the Golden Teppo.Our Assassins Creed Shadows guide will tell you how to start The Perfect Gift, where to find the tea merchant, and which gift to choose to complete the quest.Tea merchant location in The Perfect GiftThe Perfect Gift quest will pop up under The Golden Teppo on the primary targets board of your Objectives menu. Youll need to find a tea merchant who can teach you the decorum for a tea ceremony at Imai Sokyus house.The tea merchant you need to speak with is in:Western SettsuNorthern SakaiOutdoor stallsOr you can just look at the map above.Youll find a tea merchant in the stalls along the norther shore of Sakais island. When you talk to him, hell introduce you to Sen no Rikyu, who is the person youre actually looking for. (Sen no Rikyu becomes important later on when unlocking the Tea House for your Hideout, but no need to worry about that right now.)After a quick conversation, youll follow him to his home.What gift to pick in The Perfect GiftWhen you get to Sen no Rikyus house, hell start teaching you about the tea ceremony. When you begin, choose to bow halfway tea ceremony participants are equals.After some tea and some teaching, hell ask you to choose a gift to bring to Master Sokyus tea ceremony: Yixing tea potTea-leaf jarBamboo ladleThere is no wrong choice, so just pick whichever one speaks to you. (Though for what its worth, the bamboo ladle is the canon mode choice.)Before you can attend the tea ceremony, youll need to get a kosode via the Dress for Success quest. But if youve completed both that and The Perfect Gift, you can proceed to The Tea Ceremony.For more Assassins Creed Shadows guides, see our running lists of Lost Pages, Kuji-kiri, and armor locations. Or see our full Assassins Creed Shadows walkthrough, and our guides on how to get all companions and romance options.