Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, although tea drinking was gradually popularized in China, it belonged to extensive tea drinking. At that time, tea drinking utensils, except ceramics, were mostly made of bamboo and wood. Most of the 28 kinds of tea sets listed by Lu Yu in The Four Instruments of Tea Classics are made of bamboo and wood. This kind of tea set is widely available, easy to make, pollution-free to tea and harmless to human body. Therefore, it has been welcomed by tea people since ancient times. But the disadvantage is that it can't be used for a long time, can't be preserved for a long time, and loses the value of cultural relics. It was only in the Qing Dynasty that a kind of bamboo tea set appeared in Sichuan, which was not only a handicraft, but also of practical value. The main varieties were teacups, small handlebars, teapots, tea trays and so on, mostly made in complete sets. The bamboo woven tea set consists of an inner tube and a jacket. The inner tube is mostly a ceramic tea drinking utensil, and the jacket is made of selected Cizhu, which is made into soft bamboo filaments as thick as hair through multiple processes such as chopping, opening, kneading and even. After baking, dyeing, and weaving and embedding according to the shape and size of the inner tube of the tea set, it becomes a whole tea set. This kind of tea set is not only harmonious in color and elegant in appearance, but also can protect the inner tube and reduce damage; At the same time, it is not easy to burn your hands after making tea, and it is rich in artistic appreciation value. Therefore, most people buy bamboo tea sets, not for their use, but for display and collection.
historically, many rural areas, including tea-producing areas, used bamboo or wooden bowls to make tea. It is cheap and affordable, but it is rarely used in modern times. As for the use of wooden cans and bamboo cans for tea, they can still be seen everywhere, especially the boxwood cans and the bamboo tea cans with two springs as works of art, which are not only treasures for gifts to relatives and friends, but also have certain practical value.
There are tea sets made of jade, crystal, agate and other materials in the history of China, but generally speaking, they only occupy a very secondary position in the history of tea sets. Because these appliances are difficult to make and expensive, they are of little practical value. They are mainly used as decorations to show the owner's wealth.