春秋以前,最初茶叶作为药用而受到关注。古代人类直接含嚼茶树鲜叶汲取茶汁而感到芬芳、清口并富有收敛性快感,久而久之,茶的含嚼成为人们的一种嗜好。该阶段,可说是茶之为饮的前奏。秦汉时期,茶叶的简单加工已经开始出现。鲜叶用木棒捣成饼状茶团,再晒干或烘干以存放,饮用时,先将茶团捣碎放入壶中,注入开水并加上葱姜和桔子调味。此时茶叶不仅是日常生活之解毒药品,且成为待客之食品。另,由于秦统一了巴蜀(我国较 Before spring and autumn, tea was first used as a medicinal herb. Ancient human chewing directly tea leaves fresh tea leaves and feel fragrant, clear mouth and rich convergence of pleasure, over time, chewing tea has become a hobby. This stage, can be said that tea is a prelude to drinking. Qin and Han Dynasties, simple processing of tea has begun to appear. Fresh leaves with a wooden stick smashed into a cake-like tea, and then dried or dried to store, drinking, the first broken into the pot of tea, into the boiled water and seasoned with onion ginger and orange. Tea is not only a detoxification drug of daily life, but also a food for hospitality. In addition, due to the Qin unified Ba Shu (China more