We enjoy drinking Japanese green tea in addition to coffee and black tea. There are usually two ways to drink Japanese green tea.

One is similar to the black tea process, which is to boil dried tea leaves. The other way is to put a little powdered green tea into a bowl, pour hot water over it, stir the tea with a chasen or a small tool made of bamboo, and then drink the mixture.

The tea ceremony aims at training in the discipline of humility snd reflection. The rules governing the whole procedure are so complicated that I can't explain them easiry.

I will, however,try to explain the procedure of infomal tea ceremony. The host cleans in and around the tea-room, hangs a picture in the alcove, and prepares hot water in an iron tea-kettle on a fireplace.

The guests wait outside or gather around benches in the garden. When they are summoned to the tea-room, they pass through a very narrow entrance.

The tea-room is generally nice feet square. The host makes tea, snd serves it for his first guest. The guest drinks it in the traditional manner and returns the tea-bowl. The host washes it, and prepares for the next guest.

I am sure you will be surprised to find Japanese tea bitter!!