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so was tea , tea leaves were pressed into dense tablet blocks and cut to different sizes per denomination.

so for the ancient Chinese to "pay " for a cup of tea was no bank or even going to the shop, pure convenience , just open your wallet and dissolve :)

/ hugz ;)

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