My love for the Japanese culture comes from my teen and adolescent years. I have read so many mangas and watched so many anime that felt like I was literary living in Japan. I love their food, their romantic spring settings, their tea ceremonies, especially when watching anime. I was holding a cup in my hand, and my mind started to flow like a waterfall over my soul. Like universes going throw my hand, intoxicated with an appreciation of life, this divine energy connects everything and makes my mind grow exponentially.
Sado or Chado is Japanese tea ceremony that has been around more than a millennium. To perform this tea ceremony, you need the 4 basic things: tea, Japanese tea bowl, Chashaku scoop & whisk and sweets.
Sado or Chado is Japanese tea ceremony that has been around more than a millennium. To perform this tea ceremony, you need the 4 basic things: tea, Japanese tea bowl, Chashaku scoop & whisk and sweets.
Tea
To perform Japanese tea ceremony you need either Matcha or Sencha green tea. But when people imagine a Japanese tea ceremony, the first one that they imagined because it is the most used in popular culture is the Matcha and this type is the most fun one to do. Matcha is created from the same leaves that are used to make Gyokuro tea. The first thing to do is to shade the leaves after you harvest them, giving you astonishing green colour that is magical to the eyes. After that the leaves are laid flat to dry and you grind them into a fine powder that we know and love.
Japanese Tea Bowl
But to make a tea, you need the obvious – a drinking vessel that you can do the tea ceremony. Japanese tea bowl is a large bowl with different styles depending on the weather(summer bowls are usually shallow too cool the tea faster) and is called Chawan. If you haven't bought one for yourself, you can always use a small bowl or big mug, but be careful not to narrow it to much so you wont lose any quality.
Chashaku Scoop & Whisk
If you are doing Japanese tea ceremony for the fist time, there is no need to buy Chashaku scoop and whisk right away. But in dire situation where you cannot get scoop and whisk you can use teaspoon and milk frother too. After you get the hang of it, you can use them to create a good cup of matcha.
How to Perform Japanese Tea Ceremony
The best way to see how it is done is to watch the video below. Remember, practice every day and you will get there. All the people in the video are students of tea ceremony, as you can just guess how much works it requires. However you can notice their grin on their face and how much they enjoy it.
To perform Japanese tea ceremony you need either Matcha or Sencha green tea. But when people imagine a Japanese tea ceremony, the first one that they imagined because it is the most used in popular culture is the Matcha and this type is the most fun one to do. Matcha is created from the same leaves that are used to make Gyokuro tea. The first thing to do is to shade the leaves after you harvest them, giving you astonishing green colour that is magical to the eyes. After that the leaves are laid flat to dry and you grind them into a fine powder that we know and love.
Japanese Tea Bowl
But to make a tea, you need the obvious – a drinking vessel that you can do the tea ceremony. Japanese tea bowl is a large bowl with different styles depending on the weather(summer bowls are usually shallow too cool the tea faster) and is called Chawan. If you haven't bought one for yourself, you can always use a small bowl or big mug, but be careful not to narrow it to much so you wont lose any quality.
Chashaku Scoop & Whisk
If you are doing Japanese tea ceremony for the fist time, there is no need to buy Chashaku scoop and whisk right away. But in dire situation where you cannot get scoop and whisk you can use teaspoon and milk frother too. After you get the hang of it, you can use them to create a good cup of matcha.
How to Perform Japanese Tea Ceremony
The best way to see how it is done is to watch the video below. Remember, practice every day and you will get there. All the people in the video are students of tea ceremony, as you can just guess how much works it requires. However you can notice their grin on their face and how much they enjoy it.