The written records about the tea assistant can be traced back to the Book of Jin, which records that Huan Wen was a simple man. When he was guarding Yangzhou, "every banquet was only served with seven cups of tea and fruit". At banquets in Huan Wen, tea is the main drink, and other foods can be regarded as "tea accessories". By the Tang Dynasty, the tea assistant had been fully developed. In the menu of Wei Juyuan's tail-burning banquet contained in Qing Yi Lu Zhuan Han Xizai's Night Banquet, there appeared the names of exquisite tea assistants such as "Giant Victory Slave, Brahman's Light Face, Seven Return Paste, Crystal Dragon and Phoenix Cake, Yulu Tuan".
Different from ordinary teas and refreshments, tea accessories represent better selection of materials, richer cultural connotations and more creative artistic elements. In short, tea accessories are more refined, more connotative and have a sense of quality. In recent years, with the improvement of people's living standards and the revival of traditional culture, tea culture has been carried forward again, which has also given tea accessories a vast space for development and fertile ground for growth. It has become a trend and fashion to drink tea with exquisite tea accessories and give tea accessories gift boxes when giving gifts on holidays.