Tea Ceremony
The woman in the picture is the coordinator of the Vulcanus in Japan program, her name is Sato-san and she's dressed in traditional japanese 'kimono'.
She invited us to the 'ochakai' or tea ceremony. It consists on the gathering of some people, usually friends of colleagues, eating some traditional japanese sweets and drinking very bitter and dense green tea.
She invited us to the 'ochakai' or tea ceremony. It consists on the gathering of some people, usually friends of colleagues, eating some traditional japanese sweets and drinking very bitter and dense green tea.
posted by Juane at Saturday, November 19, 2005
2 Comments:
You know I really love tea, but I´ve been told that Japanese tea has nothing to do with what one would expect :) Is it true?
They say it is beaten with some kind of bambu thing, and that it has green foam all over it (yeeeeks!)
You're right, but only in a way... let me explain:
Japanese people usually drink unflavoured green tea, in tea bags or using a special tea powder, but the aspect of the tea is very similar to the one we drink in Europe.
The difference comes in the 'Tea Ceremony', where a special tea powder called 'macha' is used, and then the tea master uses a bamboo tool to stir it and make that kind of foam appear. It's also remarkable that this 'macha' is very dense and bitter, and has to be drunk after eating a very sweet snack called 'okashi'.
Inesita, I hope I answered your question! See U!
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