Wazuka Tea Garden Event

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Tea Garden to the World (Obubu Tea Farm, Wazuka)

On 29th October 2022

Participate in the Tea Garden to the World event

for free (zoom link only)

or

for ¥6,000 (zoom link + sencha + Japanese black tea + kukicha + 3x wagashi + 2 small porclain cups + one futanashi; for 30 participants, shipping is sponsored by the Japanese Tourism Agency !!)

and spend an hour online making tea with Matsu-san and George in Wazuka, Kyoto, Japan

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The futanashi is a kyusu-type of tea pot with a handle at what Westerners would probably regard as a “quirky angle”, but this allows you to pour the drink very elegantly towards yourself.

I have not seen a lot of futanashi yet, and indeed I have not used one myself (Here in Switzerland, we madly try to keep the heat in the pot and would use a lid), but in Japan you often see tea professionals use a kyusu without a lid. These users often do not measure the brewing time but they enjoy looking at the tea leaves inside the pot and judge the brewing length by how far the leaves have opened.

The futanashi provided by Obubu comes with a smooth glaze and a very fine mesh. Especially the latter is an otherwise often neglected essential detail.