Ochagokoro Mini Tea Ceremony Set

Sado, the tea ceremony, is one of Japan's most misunderstood traditional arts: nearly everybody has heard about it but most people (and that includes many Japanese) don't really know what it actually is. All they know is that it involves matcha green tea and that it uses special utensils, like those in the Ochagokoro Mini Tea Ceremony Set, which is as complete a sado beginner's set as you can find anywhere in Japan. But with one important difference: this one is made by one of Japan's top artisans! The Ochagokoro Mini Tea Ceremony Set contains everything you need to practice sado – or prepare a bowl of matcha tea the way it's supposed to be prepared. You get a 10 cm (3.9") diameter tea bowl in the Nezumi Shino style of Mino pottery, a lacquered wooden waste water container, tea caddy, tea scoop, and a tea cloth and drawstring bag made of hemp. But the real treasure is the Takayama Chasen tea whisk, which is what Chikumeido, the maker of this superb set, has been perfecting since the mid-15th century, when it was established in Nara! Specs and Features: Produced by Nara tea whisk maker Chikumeido (est. mid-15th century) Set contains hemp drawstring bag, tea bowl, lacquered wooden waste water container, tea caddy, tea whisk, tea whisk case, a tea scoop, hemp tea cloth Tea bowl: Nezumi Shino style of Mino ware Tea bowl diameter: 10 cm (3.9") Tea whisk: Takayama Chasen (designated traditional craft) Tea whisk length: 10.6 cm (4.2")