According to the descriptions of later generations’ Tea Classic, Shennong’s Herbal Classic and related herbal works, the history of using tea in China can be traced back to ancient China. “Shen Nong’s Herbal Classic” records: “Shen Nong tasted hundreds of herbs, encountered 72 poisons a day, and got tea to solve them.” The Shennong family chewed up the tea leaves and swallowed them, which was the first step for humans to eat tea.
The history of matcha dates back to the Wei and Jin dynasties in China. At that time, people collected spring tender tea, after steam killing, made into cake tea preservation. When eating, the cake tea is baked and dried, and then ground into powder with a natural stone mill, brewed and drunk. This unique way of drinking tea has gradually developed into an elegant art form.With the development of tea culture, matcha gradually spread to Japan, where it has been further carried forward. In Japan, matcha tea ceremony has become a unique cultural phenomenon, integrating religious philosophy, social morality, moral cultivation and other elements to form a unique Japanese tea ceremony. Today, matcha has become one of the national treasures of Japan, and it is also one of the etiquette for treating state guests in Japan.
