Do you like powdered green tea?

Two years ago this month (July 4th), I started learning the tea ceremony. Before I attended the tea ceremony lesson, I knew very little about what was involved. I even had some images of it as being very strict and precise but now I can tell that it isn't like that at all.

While joining the lesson, I had to kneel on a tatami mat-thick strawmats used as floor coverings. Since I didn't have the habit of kneeling on a tatami mat in everyday life, my legs soon went to sleep. But my tea master said, "If your legs are asleep, you can stretch your legs out and make yourself comfortable. Just relax and enjoy the lesson first, it shouldn't be painful, you know. "

Her words made me feel so relaxed and changed my image of the tea ceremony.
It goes without saying that the tea I had on that day was really tasty.