Introduction
to Tea Ceremony
By Kana Hirose
Tea
ceremony is called Sado in Japan. Sado is the ritualistic making
and drinking of green macha powdered tea. Senno Rikyu perfected
the art of Sado in the sixteenth century. Hosts entertain guests
by making green macha powdered tea.
Sado
first developed to suppress fighting ways. Thus, the tea room is
a small Japanese-style room surrounded by a beautiful garden. When
you sit down in a tea room, you will feel at ease. People usually
wear a kimono when serving tea at a tea ceremony.
First of all, the owner carries a tea cup into the tea room. Then
he hands out Japanese-style sweets. After that, he starts to make
preparations fro green macha powdered tea. When you taste macha
tea for the first time, you may find it more bitter than you had
expected.
The
daily drinking of green tea is important to calm one's self.
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