How to have usucha/薄茶のいただき方

薄茶のいただき方(How to have usucha)

How to have usucha

Prior to making the tea, the host brings out the main usucha and dry usucha to the guest.

How to have usucha

薄茶のいただき方

In the tea ceremony, the tea is made one by one and the guests go out to get the tea bowls.
Pointing (tatedashi) is common.
When the tea bowl is brought out and placed in front of you, bow once.
With your right hand, place the tea bowl between yourself and the guest in front of you on the edge of the tatami mat and greet the guest in front of you.
With your right hand, place it between yourself and the next customer and greet the next customer.
With your right hand, place it in front of your knees on the edge of the tatami mat in front of you, and say ``Ootemae Itadakimasu'' to the host.
Take the tea bowl with your right hand, put it on your left hand, lightly press it with your right hand, and turn it around twice to avoid the front of the tea bowl.
I'll have some tea.
There is no limit to how many sips of usucha you can drink.
At the end, you can drink it up with the feeling of "su" and sucking up all the rest.
Lightly wipe the spout with the fingertips of your right hand.
Wipe your fingertips with paper from your pocket.
In order to return it to the front of the bowl, turn it twice in the opposite direction (counterclockwise direction) and place it in front of your knee on the edge of the tatami mat. *In Omotesenke and Mushanokojisenke, tea bowls are placed inside the edge of the tatami, but in Urasenke, the bowl is placed outside the edge of the tatami.

Seeing tea bowls

茶碗の拝見

After drinking the tea, look at the tea bowl.
With both hands on the tatami, look at the tea bowl.
After looking at the overall appearance and prospects, lightly lift the tea bowl and look at the hill.
When lifting, do not lift too high.
When returning the tea bowl to the host, lift the tea bowl with your right hand, place it on your left hand, and turn it twice so that the front of the tea bowl faces the host.

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