Tea Gatherings

Tea gatherings

When being invited to a Japanese Tea ceremony the room only holds four people. This ceremony being invited to is considered a great honor. A tea ceremony would involve food, and the drinking of tea and the washing of hands. The tea room is separate from the house, and the guest would do the following things.

They would first wash their hands in either cold or warm water. The warm water being during the winter. They would enter the garden, where the tea would be stationed. From this, they would put their knives and their fans in a cupboard outside the tea room. They would then be given the treatment of drinking tea and eating one meal. This ceremony was developed by the Japanese as a special gathering and a great way of having entertainment. Being invited to a tea ceremony was thought of high honor, and high esteem. The host would be absent from the ceremony, and point of this ceremony is not just for entertainment.

The host is being judged from how they present the tea, to the tea room, how the tea taste, and the food that is eaten. Because of this, there is higher quality of food, there is better tea, and ceremony in general is getting more aesthetic.