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Welcome to the tea room. *bows* The terminology below will be helpful to you as we begin the full tea ceremony.
I hope you will take a moment to familiarize yourself with the process by reading my article,
The Japanese Full Tea Ceremony.
I hope you will enjoy this detailed look at the process of "taking tea." *s* |
Japanese Tea Terms
- chaji
full tea ceremony
- chashitsu
a room where the tea ceremony is performed
- roji
a tea garden which is devoid of flowers and is intended to be the place where guests rid themselves of the "dust of the world."
- teishu
house master
- Utsukubai
stone basin
- chakaiseki
a light meal, much like an appetizer, served at the beginning of the tea ceremony
- hashiarai
first course of a tea ceremony. literally means: rinsing the chopsticks
- nimono
foods simmered in broth
- Yakimono
grilled foods
- kosuimono
a simple clear broth served in covered lacquer bowls
- hassun
simple wooden tray used in tea ceremonies
- uminomono
seafood
- yamanomono
mountain food
- Konomono
literally "fragrant things," served in small ceramic bowls
- omogashi
principal sweet
- kaishi
special paper from which sweets are eaten
- shozumi
the first preparation of the charcoal
- mizusashi
freshwater jar used to supply water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing the tea bowl
- chawan
tea bowl
- chasen
whisk
- chashaku
tea scoop
- shokyaku
literally "first guest," they are the elected guest of honor
- gozumi
the second preparation of the charcoal
- usucha
thin tea
- higashi
dry sweets
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Here are a few rules that will help you to be an appreciated guest and will guarantee you an invitation back! *s* Read and Heed:
Rules of Etiquette for Guests at a Japanese Tea Ceremony
- Be prompt in arriving so your host can begin on time.
- Remove your shoes when entering a Japanese home -- the host will provide slippers to wear.
- Drink the entire portion of tea (it will not be large) and eat everything served.
- Turn the tea bowl slightly to avoid drinking tea from the front side.
Smoking is generally prohibited in the tea room.
- Each implement used in a tea gathering (including scroll, flowers, and food) has been thoughtfully selected by your host and has special meaning. They should be treated as objects of appreciation. Admire them and compliment your host with sincerity. This is the most important responsibility of a guest.
- After two or three days, call or write a note of thanks to express your appreciation. This is known as korei or "thanking afterwards."
Japanese Tea House
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Tea Knowledge
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"The Tea ceremony requires years of training and practice to graduate in art...yet the whole of this art, as to its detail, signifies no more than the making and serving of a cup of tea. The supremely important matter is that the act be performed in the most perfect, most polite, most graceful, most charming manner possible."
~Lafcadio Hearn
(Irish-Greek journalist-historian who is one of the few foreigners ever to be granted Japanese citizenship during this era)
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The first tea seeds were brought to Japan by the returning Buddhist priest Yeisei, who had seen the value of tea in China in enhancing religious mediation. As a result, he is known as the "Father of Tea" in Japan. Because of this early association, tea in Japan has always been associated with Zen Buddhism. |
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Tea comes from the leaves of a tree called Camellia sinensis. Although the tree can grow over 30 feet tall it is cut short like a bush so that leaves can be plucked easily when harvesting. |
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Water quality effects how a tea will taste. Spring water is recommended because of the Mineral content and lack of additives like chlorine and fluoride, which harm tea taste.
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Darjeeling is called the champagne of teas and is grown in India's Himalayas.
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E arl Grey is a tea blend scented with the oil of the fruit called citrus bergamia
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