Tea: Whisk

Tea Whisk

Included in Tea Ceremony box

• Description: Tea whisks, chasen, are made from a single piece of bamboo. There are two types of consistencies of tea made with the whisk. One is whisked to a thick froth called usucha and the other a smooth texture called koicha.
  For more information, visit: http://web-japan.org/factsheet/en/pdf/28TeaCeremony.pdf

• Links
  • About Tea Ceremony
  • The Way of Tea (PDF Factsheet)
  • Tea Ceremony Process
  • About Raku Ware (Tea Bowl)
  • About Sen no Rikyu
  • Tea Ceremony Utensils

• Lesson Plans (All are in PDF format)
  • Art of Japan – NCTA Ohio
  • Chanoyu: The Art of Tea – NCTA Ohio
  • Manners Among a Different Culture – Ohio Delegation Group (YJT)
  • Tea Ceremony – NCTA Ohio
  • Tea Ceremony: Sado – Ohio Delegation Group (YJT)
  • Thousand Cranes and Japanese Tea Ceremony – NCTA Ohio

• Standard Reference
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