The tea ceremony, or Chadou, comes from the words Cha (Cha) meaning “tea” and Dou (Dou) meaning “way”, which together mean “way of tea”. The highest purpose of the tea ceremony is to express the beauty of welcoming visitors, to appreciate the value and beauty of things around us, and to foster friendship between host and guest. The basic equipment for a complete tea ceremony includes:
- Kama (Kama) a kettle used for boiling water for tea.
- Natsume (Natsume) a jar for matcha powder
- Chaire (Chaire) teapot
- Chashaku (Chashaku) is a long, pointed spoon made of bamboo. See more at shorturl.at/alIZ1.
- Chasen (Chasen) A tool for stirring tea, made of bamboo. See more at shorturl.at/sDGIT or shorturl.at/aqBT2.
- Chawan (Chawan) A large tea cup that varies depending on the season.
- Chakin (Chakin) a cloth for wiping tea cups
- Hishaku (Hishaku) a ladle for scooping water for tea brewing
Matchazuki has introduced you to many types of tea ceremony equipment. This time, we will introduce you to a small cloth called a Tea cloth (茶巾, chakin). Chakin is mostly white linen, but nowadays, it is also made with more patterns. The size varies depending on the use and style, but it is usually a rectangle of about 30.3 x 15.2 cm. The cloth is folded in a specific way and placed in a small container or cylinder called a kintō (巾筒). The chakin is commonly used to wipe chawan, or tea cups, after washing. The way to use the chakin requires that it be folded beautifully for easy and neat use, so that it looks elegant during the tea ceremony.
You can see more folding methods at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv-wxLKVxuI&ab_channel=KoheiYamamoto
You can see how chakin is used to wipe tea cups (chawan) as shown in the example in the picture above. After folding, it is placed in the tea cup (chawan) before starting the ceremony as shown in the example below. If any shop has a tea ceremony activity in the shop so that customers can really experience the Japanese tea ceremony, don’t forget to bring the chakin cloth as part of the activity.
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