Tea in China has a long history. These little leaves were once regarded as symbols of ancient China. In modern society, tea culture is still one of the classic cultures in China. Drinking tea in ancient times was very particular, which was much more complicated than it is now. Different dynasties have different ways of drinking tea, and the most exquisite one is the Song Dynasty.

After all, tea appeared earlier in China, and it was recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Later, in the Han dynasty, the wind of drinking tea gradually rose, and various drinking utensils appeared at the same time. Nevertheless, the way of making tea in each dynasty is very different, and the most exquisite way is the way of making tea in Song Dynasty. When people in Song Dynasty drank tea, they generally hoped that tea would have a strong aroma, but they didn't like the original bitter taste of tea. So in terms of production, people in Song Dynasty and other dynasties did different things.

The tea cake made in Song Dynasty is made by selecting the place where the tea heart is soaked first, then steaming, squeezing to remove water, squeezing to remove juice and grinding. First-class tea cakes generally need to be ground for more than 24 hours, and then spices such as borneol are added, and the porridge boiled with fragrant rice is kneaded into tea cakes. Tea cakes made under such a complicated process are often expensive, and tea cakes made by famous artists are even more expensive.

Song people were not only complicated in making tea cakes, but also very particular about ordering tea. Both the crushing process of tea cakes and the process of making tea need a lot of time. It can be said that the technology of brew tea in Song Dynasty was quite high, so people in Song Dynasty often enjoyed fighting tea, and had a set of strict evaluation criteria, because it was the most convenient to observe the use of red tea cups in this kind of competition, which also promoted the production of red tea cups. Until today, red tea cups are also very popular with the public.