In the past, it was said that ordinary people used senjicha and rich people maccha, but it became clear that ordinary people also used hikicha in the middle ages.
また、従来は庶民は煎じ茶、富裕層は抹茶を飲んでいたとされていたが、中世では庶民層も挽き茶を飲んでいたことが明らかになっている。