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Buddhist priest Eisai imported the
technique of brewing matcha from
China. The powdered tea was made
from fresh leaves and ground into a tea
cake. After that, the cake will be dried
mechanically or in the sun. Before
drinking it, the cake will be fully dried
again, ground into powders. In the
beginning, the Japanese made matcha
by using the stone grinder with human
labor. Not until the 19th century did
humans begin to learn how to produce
matcha through machines. With
the development of technology and
innovation, Japan has boasted the best
technique of making fine-powdered tea
The technique of making matcha and equipment to grind the tea. The
was invented in the Sui Dynasty (581- Chinese matcha with its splendid history
618). It became popular in the Tang was further developed in Japan and was
Dynasty (618-907) and reached its widely used in industries such as dairy
heyday in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). products, cold foods, bakeries, bean-
However, ever since the Ming Dynasty made foods, health products, and daily
(1368-1644), people have gradually chemical products.
gotten used to boiling tea leaves and
throwing the leaves afterward. The In modern society, people are
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According to history, in 1191, Japanese from the very beginning.