Ichigo-Ichie

I'm a Japanese woman living in Nara. This blog tells you how to be a "YAMATONADESHIKO". "Yamatonadeshiko" means an ideal Japanese lady who is intelligent, sophisticated and thoughtful. I learn Sado-Japanese traditional tea celemony and Ikebana-Japanese traditional flower arrangement. I introduce about Japan through my experiences. So you can get to know more about Japanese culture such as Sado,Ikebana, customs and seasonal events, especially the ones in Nara.

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Kousen Tea

"Kousen" tea is indispensable drink for Japanese tea celemony party "Ochaji".
At the party, the host serves Kousen tea to participants first.

The most popular Kousen tea is "Ume Kobu Cha" that is made of green tea powder, "Konbu" powder;a kind of sea weed, broken dryed Ume and broken dryed Siso.
When the host chooses Kosen tea, a sense of the season is requisite. For example, we choose salted Sakura flower in Sakura season.

Of course we always enjoy Kousen tea. We drink it at the teatime with some Japanese sweets as a welcome tea at a celebration.

Please enjoy "Kousen" tea with a sence of the season.

posted by yumiel @ 11:36 PM 

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home