Where is tea-drinking a time-honoured ritual?!
In the first part, the windows are curtained off by bamboo screens to darken the room, the scroll is removed, and a new one is put in its place.
In the middle part of the ceremony a very simple meal is served, followed by sweet cakes, after which the guests could go and relax in the inner garden.
The final part of the tea ceremony is called nochiseki. The scroll in the alcove is replaced by a floral arrangement, and the water jar, tea caddy and the tea utensils will be placed in the area where the ceremony will take place. The atmosphere of the room is changed to a bright room. The host picks up the ladle, a signal for his/her assistant to roll up the bamboo screen, brightening the room once again. The host performs the ceremony in silence, while the guests concentrate on his movement. This is the climax of the ceremony. The main guest will then speak to the host while the other guests remain silent. Once the tea has been drunk, silence continues. The fire is smothered by adding more charcoal to the fire pit and the sound of the boiling kettle dies down. Then, thin tea is served, which signifies that the tea ceremony is coming to an end.
Answers: Japan. A tea ceremony is performed with up to five guests. The ceremony could be divided into three parts, the preliminary part, the middle part, and the final part.
In the first part, the windows are curtained off by bamboo screens to darken the room, the scroll is removed, and a new one is put in its place.
In the middle part of the ceremony a very simple meal is served, followed by sweet cakes, after which the guests could go and relax in the inner garden.
The final part of the tea ceremony is called nochiseki. The scroll in the alcove is replaced by a floral arrangement, and the water jar, tea caddy and the tea utensils will be placed in the area where the ceremony will take place. The atmosphere of the room is changed to a bright room. The host picks up the ladle, a signal for his/her assistant to roll up the bamboo screen, brightening the room once again. The host performs the ceremony in silence, while the guests concentrate on his movement. This is the climax of the ceremony. The main guest will then speak to the host while the other guests remain silent. Once the tea has been drunk, silence continues. The fire is smothered by adding more charcoal to the fire pit and the sound of the boiling kettle dies down. Then, thin tea is served, which signifies that the tea ceremony is coming to an end.
my house! lol
mom always starts and ends her day with a cup of tea.
we both drink it during the day too
Here. Kettle is always hot, when I am at home.
Japan
In China.
Not in my local pub that's for sure!
In Japan isn't it?
japan, england... and that's what i know.
China, Japan, England, Russia, (and India sometimes).
Japan and merrie old England
Japan
The Japanese tea ceremony (茶道, chadō, or sadō, or chanoyu - "the way of tea") is a traditional ritual based on Taoism (Daoism) and influenced by Zen Buddhism in which powdered green tea, or matcha (抹茶), is ceremonially prepared by a skilled practitioner and served to a small group of guests in a tranquil setting.
The pronunciation sadō is preferred by some schools, including Omotesenke and the Mushanokōjisenke,[1] while the pronunciation chadō is preferred by others, including Urasenke. [2]
Cha-no-yu (literally "hot water for tea") usually refers to either a single ceremony or ritual, while cha-ji or chakai (literally "tea meeting") refers to a full tea ceremony with kaiseki (a light meal), usucha (thin tea) and koicha (thick tea), lasting approximately four hours.
Since a tea practitioner must be familiar with the production and types of tea, with kimono, calligraphy, flower arranging, ceramics, incense and a wide range of other disciplines and traditional arts in addition to his or her school's tea practices, the study of the tea ceremony takes many years and often lasts a lifetime. [3] Even to participate as a guest in a formal tea ceremony requires knowledge of the prescribed gestures and phrases, the proper way to take tea and sweets, and general deportment in the tea room.