1. In the hazy origin stage, as a medicinal material. In the book "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", it was pointed out: "Shen Nong tasted all kinds of herbs, and encountered seventy-two poisons every day, and he got tea and solved it". In about 2700 BC, Shen Nong chewed and swallowed the tea leaves, The first step for human beings to eat tea, known as "the originator of matcha".
2. In the slow development stage, during the Tang Dynasty, people invented steamed green loose tea (tencha), and also reviewed the method of evaluating the color and aroma of tea, and it became an indispensable daily drink for people. The Classic of Tea records: "...the first time it is steamed, it enters the casserole, and when it is cooked, it comes out of the casserole. The cauldron is dried up and poured into the casserole, and then it is made with grain and wood branches from Sanya, and the steamed bamboo shoots and leaves are scattered. Its paste." In the Song Dynasty, it developed into a tea banquet. Cai Xiang, the most famous tea critic and great writer at that time, commented on the tea drinking method of matcha in "Tea Records": the tea group is crushed into small pieces, and then crushed into fine powder. , sieve out the tea powder, take two coins and put it into the hot tea cup, pour it into boiling water, and taste the color, fragrance and taste of the soup, and the best one is the best. Ru Dunhe of the Qing Dynasty said in the "Yueyan Interpretation" that the ancients must have some tea, and their Yacha (matcha) is a pinch of tea, and one or two sweet fruit desserts must be selected, which is called dim sum and tea.
3. Accelerating the rising stage, with the development of tea planting, shading technology, and breeding technology, it provides better raw materials for matcha; the advancement of steaming equipment has also greatly improved the quality of matcha; the development of ultra-fine powder grinding technology has greatly improved. Increased production speed and reduced costs. Bringing the ancient luxury of matcha to the general public. At the same time, with the rapid advancement of industrialization and urbanization, environmental and health problems have become increasingly prominent, chronic diseases are increasingly threatening the health of the people, and the public has more and more demands for nutrition and health, which has prompted natural nutrition and health products such as matcha. developing.