<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778</id><updated>2012-03-01T16:02:21.156+01:00</updated><category term='Jungjak green tea'/><category term='tokonoma'/><category term='nagaita'/><category term='costruire tokonoma'/><category term='korean tea ceremony'/><category term='Da Wu Ye Dancong Fenghuang'/><category term='Sencha'/><category term='Hwagae Jirisan'/><category term='cerimonia del tè in montagna'/><category term='Omotesenke'/><category term='la via del sencha'/><category term='build a tokonoma'/><category term='tea ceremony done outdoor'/><category term='first chaji'/><category term='chaxi'/><category 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href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>32</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-6310401085454522820</id><published>2012-02-15T11:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-15T11:42:47.399+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teacup'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea ceremony'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teapot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='roses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valentine&apos;s Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flower tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jasmine tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valentine&apos;s tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blossom tea'/><title type='text'>My Valentine's Tea (English Version)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tx22jwfT1aQ/TzsA6mph3eI/AAAAAAAAAPg/BrtKiYvKa9E/s1600/IMG_1469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tx22jwfT1aQ/TzsA6mph3eI/AAAAAAAAAPg/BrtKiYvKa9E/s400/IMG_1469.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spent my Valentine's Day with a delicate "blossom tea" &lt;br /&gt;(tea leaves deftly sewn around an aromatic flower).&lt;br /&gt;I did it slowly "bloom" in a small Chinese teapot in thin glass.&lt;br /&gt;The flower was the kind of "Variety of colors" and had a delicate flavor of&lt;br /&gt;jasmine.&lt;br /&gt;The tray under the pot was hand made by me.&lt;br /&gt;Nothing beats a good cup of tea and some romantic roses of my garden.&lt;br /&gt;Happy Valentine's Day to all!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a 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href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/6310401085454522820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/6310401085454522820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-valentines-tea-english-version.html' title='My Valentine&apos;s Tea (English Version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tx22jwfT1aQ/TzsA6mph3eI/AAAAAAAAAPg/BrtKiYvKa9E/s72-c/IMG_1469.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-2807971705965521657</id><published>2012-02-15T02:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-15T02:00:31.953+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the  matcha tea  chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='allestimento tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiore di tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Valentino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tè di San Valentino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valentine&apos;s tea'/><title type='text'>Il mio tè di San Valentino</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tx22jwfT1aQ/TzsA6mph3eI/AAAAAAAAAPg/BrtKiYvKa9E/s1600/IMG_1469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tx22jwfT1aQ/TzsA6mph3eI/AAAAAAAAAPg/BrtKiYvKa9E/s400/IMG_1469.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho passato il giorno di San Valentino in compagnia di un delicatissimo "fiore di tè" (un fiore racchiuso dentro un "bocciolo" di foglie di tè abilmente cucite a mano intorno ad esso).&lt;br /&gt;L'ho fatto lentamente "sbocciare" all'interno di una piccola teiera cinese in vetro sottilissimo.&lt;br /&gt;Il fiore era del tipo "Variety of colours" ed aveva un gusto delicatissimo aromatizzato al gelsomino.&lt;br /&gt;Il vassoio sotto la teiera è stato fatto a mano da me.&lt;br /&gt;Niente di meglio di un buon tè e qualche romantica rosa del mio giardino.&lt;br /&gt;Buon San Valentino a tutti!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C2ZUbOkbL_w/TzsC-oCKMRI/AAAAAAAAAPs/be1ZoUY5uhE/s1600/IMG_1467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C2ZUbOkbL_w/TzsC-oCKMRI/AAAAAAAAAPs/be1ZoUY5uhE/s400/IMG_1467.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-2807971705965521657?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/2807971705965521657/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/02/il-mio-te-di-san-valentino.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/2807971705965521657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/2807971705965521657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/02/il-mio-te-di-san-valentino.html' title='Il mio tè di San Valentino'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tx22jwfT1aQ/TzsA6mph3eI/AAAAAAAAAPg/BrtKiYvKa9E/s72-c/IMG_1469.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-3539533557343333152</id><published>2012-02-11T20:11:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-11T20:14:22.650+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tè coreano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè coreana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='via del tè in Korea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='via del tè'/><title type='text'>La Via del Tè in Corea</title><content type='html'>Gironzolando online ho trovato un interessantissimo e-book sulla via del tè in Corea: Korean Tea Classics.&lt;br /&gt;E' un bel libro in inglese con splendide foto ed è liberamente consultabile online.&lt;br /&gt;Così ho deciso di condividerlo con voi sul mio blog:&lt;br /&gt;sarebbe un vero peccato non leggerlo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" style="width:550px;height:389px" id="4eb2bc4f-278f-13df-accb-693ddb7d0139" &gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v2/IssuuReader.swf?mode=mini&amp;amp;shareMenuEnabled=false&amp;amp;shareButtonEnabled=false&amp;amp;searchButtonEnabled=false&amp;amp;backgroundColor=%23222222&amp;amp;documentId=100629090338-b8605cdaf71444348c95ae6a0f2e47f9" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/&gt;&lt;param name="menu" value="false"/&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"/&gt;&lt;embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v2/IssuuReader.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" wmode="transparent" style="width:550px;height:389px" 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href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/3539533557343333152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/02/la-via-del-te-in-corea.html' title='La Via del Tè in Corea'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-7631941410466780411</id><published>2012-02-11T20:02:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-11T20:10:40.213+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='korean tea way'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the  matcha tea ceremony chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='korean tea ceremony'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Korean tea classics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='korean tea book'/><title type='text'>Korean Tea Way (English version)</title><content type='html'>I found online an e-book really interesting about Korean tea way in English: Korean Tea Classics. &lt;br /&gt;It's free, you can read it online and enjoy the beautiful photographs.&lt;br /&gt;It would be a pity don't read it! So now you can read also in my blog!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" style="width:550px;height:389px" id="4eb2bc4f-278f-13df-accb-693ddb7d0139" &gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v2/IssuuReader.swf?mode=mini&amp;amp;shareMenuEnabled=false&amp;amp;shareButtonEnabled=false&amp;amp;searchButtonEnabled=false&amp;amp;backgroundColor=%23222222&amp;amp;documentId=100629090338-b8605cdaf71444348c95ae6a0f2e47f9" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/&gt;&lt;param name="menu" value="false"/&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"/&gt;&lt;embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v2/IssuuReader.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" wmode="transparent" style="width:550px;height:389px" flashvars="mode=mini&amp;amp;shareMenuEnabled=false&amp;amp;shareButtonEnabled=false&amp;amp;searchButtonEnabled=false&amp;amp;backgroundColor=%23222222&amp;amp;documentId=100629090338-b8605cdaf71444348c95ae6a0f2e47f9" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-7631941410466780411?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/7631941410466780411/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/02/korean-tea-way-english-version.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/7631941410466780411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/7631941410466780411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/02/korean-tea-way-english-version.html' title='Korean Tea Way (English version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-3672257532477909842</id><published>2012-02-05T12:50:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T13:03:01.817+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Un tè caldo per il mio cuore</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NC4jRRZXSk0/Ty5uAEbkMFI/AAAAAAAAAPI/UwJuRLUhVFs/s1600/IMG_1356.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NC4jRRZXSk0/Ty5uAEbkMFI/AAAAAAAAAPI/UwJuRLUhVFs/s400/IMG_1356.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705618725393412178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fuori fa molto freddo e il mio umore oggi non è al massimo. Cosa fare? Un tè Fancy Wulong per scaldare il cuore!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--PEwT0kpc5E/Ty5vDQO7ORI/AAAAAAAAAPU/-cOx0hmRT4U/s1600/IMG_1363_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--PEwT0kpc5E/Ty5vDQO7ORI/AAAAAAAAAPU/-cOx0hmRT4U/s400/IMG_1363_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705619879612856594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-3672257532477909842?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/3672257532477909842/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/02/un-te-caldo-per-il-mio-cuore.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/3672257532477909842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/3672257532477909842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/02/un-te-caldo-per-il-mio-cuore.html' title='Un tè caldo per il mio cuore'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NC4jRRZXSk0/Ty5uAEbkMFI/AAAAAAAAAPI/UwJuRLUhVFs/s72-c/IMG_1356.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-3335548579544498280</id><published>2012-02-02T13:29:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T13:33:04.967+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ru Kiln Moon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea ceremony done outdoor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gong fu cha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the  matcha tea ceremony chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kung fu cha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea ware'/><title type='text'>Ru kiln moon tea ware (English Version)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jbvLxODVTLE/TyqA-5Jw9_I/AAAAAAAAAO8/TA5vLrIN8hE/s1600/IMG_1306.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jbvLxODVTLE/TyqA-5Jw9_I/AAAAAAAAAO8/TA5vLrIN8hE/s400/IMG_1306.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704513696000178162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As promised, a small  post in which I show in detail some of the pieces of  Ru Kiln Moon tea ware. I'm fascinated, despite its extreme simplicity and the fact that it is not a rare item but rather "commercial".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LbsqAxhtCSA/Typ-9HbO2CI/AAAAAAAAAOY/5YnHiVH4KcQ/s1600/IMG_1307.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LbsqAxhtCSA/Typ-9HbO2CI/AAAAAAAAAOY/5YnHiVH4KcQ/s400/IMG_1307.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704511466448541730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These photos show a very simple Chaxi in the snow of my garden. The tea used was a fantastic Fancy Wulong Taiwan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N_4xRZmsAyk/Typ_vNXRGFI/AAAAAAAAAOk/Rtl2raK4tOk/s1600/IMG_1310.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N_4xRZmsAyk/Typ_vNXRGFI/AAAAAAAAAOk/Rtl2raK4tOk/s400/IMG_1310.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704512327035983954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nO4mw8CoPgM/TyqAiMq0iYI/AAAAAAAAAOw/1C0f8F1TCtM/s1600/IMG_1311.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nO4mw8CoPgM/TyqAiMq0iYI/AAAAAAAAAOw/1C0f8F1TCtM/s400/IMG_1311.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704513203022891394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-3335548579544498280?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/3335548579544498280/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/02/ru-kiln-moon-tea-ware-english-version.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/3335548579544498280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/3335548579544498280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/02/ru-kiln-moon-tea-ware-english-version.html' title='Ru kiln moon tea ware (English Version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jbvLxODVTLE/TyqA-5Jw9_I/AAAAAAAAAO8/TA5vLrIN8hE/s72-c/IMG_1306.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-5788526557989783311</id><published>2012-02-02T13:13:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T13:28:49.281+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ru Kiln Moon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tazza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='servito da tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teiera'/><title type='text'>Servito da tè Ru Kiln Moon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jbvLxODVTLE/TyqA-5Jw9_I/AAAAAAAAAO8/TA5vLrIN8hE/s1600/IMG_1306.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jbvLxODVTLE/TyqA-5Jw9_I/AAAAAAAAAO8/TA5vLrIN8hE/s400/IMG_1306.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704513696000178162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come promesso, pubblico un piccolo post in cui vi mostro nel dettaglio alcuni pezzi del servito Ru Kiln Moon. Ne sono rimasta affascinata, nonostante la sua estrema semplicità e il fatto che non sia un oggetto raro ma piuttosto "commerciale".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LbsqAxhtCSA/Typ-9HbO2CI/AAAAAAAAAOY/5YnHiVH4KcQ/s1600/IMG_1307.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LbsqAxhtCSA/Typ-9HbO2CI/AAAAAAAAAOY/5YnHiVH4KcQ/s400/IMG_1307.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704511466448541730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Queste foto mostrano un semplicissimo chaxi nella neve del mio giardino. Il tè usato era un fantastico Fancy Wulong di Taiwan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N_4xRZmsAyk/Typ_vNXRGFI/AAAAAAAAAOk/Rtl2raK4tOk/s1600/IMG_1310.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N_4xRZmsAyk/Typ_vNXRGFI/AAAAAAAAAOk/Rtl2raK4tOk/s400/IMG_1310.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704512327035983954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nO4mw8CoPgM/TyqAiMq0iYI/AAAAAAAAAOw/1C0f8F1TCtM/s1600/IMG_1311.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nO4mw8CoPgM/TyqAiMq0iYI/AAAAAAAAAOw/1C0f8F1TCtM/s400/IMG_1311.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704513203022891394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-5788526557989783311?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/5788526557989783311/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/02/servito-da-te-ru-kiln-moon.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/5788526557989783311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/5788526557989783311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/02/servito-da-te-ru-kiln-moon.html' title='Servito da tè Ru Kiln Moon'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jbvLxODVTLE/TyqA-5Jw9_I/AAAAAAAAAO8/TA5vLrIN8hE/s72-c/IMG_1306.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-989959435732489323</id><published>2012-01-31T11:31:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T11:39:29.957+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jungjak green tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hwagae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cha do'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='korean tea ceremony'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the  tea  chado'/><title type='text'>Korean tea ceremony (English Version)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V1RuuLX_jQo/Tye7xjfv0uI/AAAAAAAAANc/MqRO4kvuzHs/s1600/IMG_2958.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V1RuuLX_jQo/Tye7xjfv0uI/AAAAAAAAANc/MqRO4kvuzHs/s400/IMG_2958.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703733913104405218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my first korean tea ceremony in 2012​​. I do not do very often this kind of ceremony, but it is a pity because it's not very difficoult (like a cha no yu) but is quite rewarding.&lt;br /&gt;Essentially it was done to try my new Korean teawares (which you can see in detail in the the photo) that I have given me for Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VooTvN6xtso/Tye8lLaJKeI/AAAAAAAAANo/Q0cEe7Fzpwg/s1600/IMG_2960.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VooTvN6xtso/Tye8lLaJKeI/AAAAAAAAANo/Q0cEe7Fzpwg/s400/IMG_2960.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703734799991646690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used this  Jungjak green tea from Hwagae wild tea garden in Jirisan Mountain is the most popular among tea lovers. The tea leaves gathered for Jungjak are slightly bigger than those of Sejak, and are gathered after Ipha (the start of summer, the day around May 5). But the same care is taken in gathering and making of the tealeaves, and retains the same properties seen in the best grades of Korean green teas, such as the fresh aroma and smooth taste and can be infused two to three times when brewing the tea. Jungjak is the best for the green tea beginner. &lt;br /&gt;This tea from the Hwagae is cultivated on privately owned tea gardens located on the southern slopes of Jirisan Mountain, the most remote area from civilization in Korea, and are handmade, therefore producing more delicate teas which are of course, more expensive. Instead of the large breath taking plantations, the tea gardens of Hwagae are smaller in size and the tea trees lay closer to the ground and grow naturally, and are therefore also called "wild green tea."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kHd5B8hopew/TyfBBiQU-2I/AAAAAAAAAN0/-rAWOgrV91M/s1600/IMG_2985.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kHd5B8hopew/TyfBBiQU-2I/AAAAAAAAAN0/-rAWOgrV91M/s400/IMG_2985.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703739685207341922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here a detail of the leaves already infused ....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NpU22tmr-e0/TyfBPUjzUSI/AAAAAAAAAOA/Idi9m043weg/s1600/IMG_2981.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NpU22tmr-e0/TyfBPUjzUSI/AAAAAAAAAOA/Idi9m043weg/s400/IMG_2981.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703739922049093922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here is another detail of the tools used.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-01YIS6OtYRk/TyfCPHCrS1I/AAAAAAAAAOM/7zPW3r-FMeM/s1600/IMG_2961.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-01YIS6OtYRk/TyfCPHCrS1I/AAAAAAAAAOM/7zPW3r-FMeM/s400/IMG_2961.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703741017932122962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-989959435732489323?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/989959435732489323/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/01/korean-tea-ceremony-english-version.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/989959435732489323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/989959435732489323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/01/korean-tea-ceremony-english-version.html' title='Korean tea ceremony (English Version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V1RuuLX_jQo/Tye7xjfv0uI/AAAAAAAAANc/MqRO4kvuzHs/s72-c/IMG_2958.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-6675975186830828182</id><published>2012-01-31T10:58:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T11:31:29.095+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jungjak'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hwagae Jirisan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tè coreano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cha do'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè coreana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the  tea  chado'/><title type='text'>Cerimonia coreana</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V1RuuLX_jQo/Tye7xjfv0uI/AAAAAAAAANc/MqRO4kvuzHs/s1600/IMG_2958.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V1RuuLX_jQo/Tye7xjfv0uI/AAAAAAAAANc/MqRO4kvuzHs/s400/IMG_2958.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703733913104405218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questa è stata la prima cerimonia coreana fatta nel 2012. Non faccio molto spesso questo tipo di cerimoniale, ma è un vero peccato perchè non è molto impegnativo ( come un cha no yu) ma è piuttosto gratificante.&lt;br /&gt;Essenzialmente l'ho fatto per provare i miei nuovi utensili coreani (che vedete nel dettaglio della foto) che mi sono regalata per Natale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VooTvN6xtso/Tye8lLaJKeI/AAAAAAAAANo/Q0cEe7Fzpwg/s1600/IMG_2960.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VooTvN6xtso/Tye8lLaJKeI/AAAAAAAAANo/Q0cEe7Fzpwg/s400/IMG_2960.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703734799991646690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho usato un tè verde Jungjak del giardino selvatico di montagna Hwagae Jirisan che è il più popolare tra gli amanti del tè. Le foglie di tè raccolte per il Jungjak sono leggermente più grandi di quelli per il  Sejak, e sono raccolte dopo Ipha (l'inizio dell'estate, un giorno intorno al 5 maggio ).  L'aroma è fresco e il gusto morbido e può essere infuso due o tre volte. &lt;br /&gt;Questo tè  è coltivato in piantagioni di tè  situate sulle pendici meridionali del Monte Jirisan, la zona più lontana dalla civiltà che si trovi in Corea, ed è completamente realizzato a mano, quindi la produzione di tè è più delicata, e ovviamente più costosa. &lt;br /&gt; I giardini del tè Hwagae sono di dimensioni più piccole e gli alberi da tè sono liberi di crescere naturalmente per cui questo tè viene chiamato anche "tè verde selvaggio."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kHd5B8hopew/TyfBBiQU-2I/AAAAAAAAAN0/-rAWOgrV91M/s1600/IMG_2985.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kHd5B8hopew/TyfBBiQU-2I/AAAAAAAAAN0/-rAWOgrV91M/s400/IMG_2985.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703739685207341922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qui un dettaglio delle foglie già infuse....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NpU22tmr-e0/TyfBPUjzUSI/AAAAAAAAAOA/Idi9m043weg/s1600/IMG_2981.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NpU22tmr-e0/TyfBPUjzUSI/AAAAAAAAAOA/Idi9m043weg/s400/IMG_2981.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703739922049093922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E qui un altro dettaglio degli utensili usati.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-01YIS6OtYRk/TyfCPHCrS1I/AAAAAAAAAOM/7zPW3r-FMeM/s1600/IMG_2961.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-01YIS6OtYRk/TyfCPHCrS1I/AAAAAAAAAOM/7zPW3r-FMeM/s400/IMG_2961.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703741017932122962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-6675975186830828182?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/6675975186830828182/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/01/cerimonia-coreana.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/6675975186830828182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/6675975186830828182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/01/cerimonia-coreana.html' title='Cerimonia coreana'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V1RuuLX_jQo/Tye7xjfv0uI/AAAAAAAAANc/MqRO4kvuzHs/s72-c/IMG_2958.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-3850040844120252439</id><published>2012-01-29T11:32:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T11:44:39.968+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the  matcha tea  chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea ceremony'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tawara noshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tokonoma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lucky charm'/><title type='text'>Tawara noshi (English Version)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-svCKwiuH5kU/TyUirkUV4oI/AAAAAAAAANQ/zqiJfm4FUdw/s1600/IMG_2964.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-svCKwiuH5kU/TyUirkUV4oI/AAAAAAAAANQ/zqiJfm4FUdw/s400/IMG_2964.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703002635013317250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tawara noshi is a  decorative Japanese miniature symbolizes three bales of rice decorated &lt;br /&gt;  and is used in Januray in the tokonoma as lucky charm. It indicates prosperity, food and&lt;br /&gt;wealth for the New Year.&lt;br /&gt;  In such uncertain economical situation  (as we are now in our Country) why not&lt;br /&gt;following the tradition and put in tokonoma a good luck charm?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cbTZvZNoJyY/TyUijur4VEI/AAAAAAAAANE/teDhmHmc7LI/s1600/IMG_2963.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cbTZvZNoJyY/TyUijur4VEI/AAAAAAAAANE/teDhmHmc7LI/s400/IMG_2963.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703002500357444674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-3850040844120252439?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/3850040844120252439/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/01/tawara-noshi-english-version.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/3850040844120252439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/3850040844120252439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/01/tawara-noshi-english-version.html' title='Tawara noshi (English Version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-svCKwiuH5kU/TyUirkUV4oI/AAAAAAAAANQ/zqiJfm4FUdw/s72-c/IMG_2964.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-7793503290189553747</id><published>2012-01-29T11:24:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T11:31:56.433+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tawara noshi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='allestimento tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tokonoma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portafortuna'/><title type='text'>Tawara noshi</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MXUdnAqPN3U/TyUfUrrZvWI/AAAAAAAAAMs/KP1Q6u8t8GQ/s1600/IMG_2964.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MXUdnAqPN3U/TyUfUrrZvWI/AAAAAAAAAMs/KP1Q6u8t8GQ/s400/IMG_2964.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702998943317212514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il tawara noshi è una miniatura decorativa giapponese che simboleggia tre balle di riso addobbate a festa e si usa in Gennaio nel tokonoma come portafortuna. Indica infatti prosperità, cibo e ricchezza per l'anno nuovo. &lt;br /&gt; In una simile situazione d'incertezza economica (come siamo adesso nel nostro Paese) come non seguire la tradizione e mettere un bel portafortuna?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DxIcLd8EcWA/TyUfhtqdEdI/AAAAAAAAAM4/WyVoVnouCoI/s1600/IMG_2963.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DxIcLd8EcWA/TyUfhtqdEdI/AAAAAAAAAM4/WyVoVnouCoI/s400/IMG_2963.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702999167188406738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-7793503290189553747?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/7793503290189553747/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/01/tawara-noshi.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/7793503290189553747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/7793503290189553747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/01/tawara-noshi.html' title='Tawara noshi'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MXUdnAqPN3U/TyUfUrrZvWI/AAAAAAAAAMs/KP1Q6u8t8GQ/s72-c/IMG_2964.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-2186283483384467793</id><published>2012-01-25T11:59:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T12:24:43.586+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the  matcha tea  chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ru Kiln Moon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Da Wu Ye Dancong Fenghuang'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wuyi Mountains wulong tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chaxi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dragon Tea House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wuyi tea'/><title type='text'>Christmas chaxi for my tea - English Version</title><content type='html'>I'm sorry for the little delayed in publishing the photos of my festive chaxi  &lt;br /&gt;for tasting a sample of tea that I was kindly receive as a present for Christmas &lt;br /&gt;from the shop "Dragon Tea House". &lt;br /&gt;The sample of tea  is Da Wu Ye Dancong Fenghuang.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I chose to create a layout that perhaps would make too western style,&lt;br /&gt; but also make surely the idea of Christmas, &lt;br /&gt;using part of my new tea set Ru Kiln Moon, &lt;br /&gt;who I will show later in detail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cYQQEJLUADo/Tx_j6ShNd4I/AAAAAAAAAMg/dGLJyVX0cxM/s1600/IMG_2919.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cYQQEJLUADo/Tx_j6ShNd4I/AAAAAAAAAMg/dGLJyVX0cxM/s320/IMG_2919.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701526243817387906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This wulong tea is a classic of the Wuyi Mountains.&lt;br /&gt; I'm not crazy about this type of tea&lt;br /&gt; (in general I love not roasted wulong tea but with slightly more decided taste)&lt;br /&gt; but I must admit that is a class tea:&lt;br /&gt; light but distinctive flavor with sweet and delicate aroma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VeN7BTjH6uA/Tx_jT--T2UI/AAAAAAAAAMI/VZAua20rQ7M/s1600/IMG_2932.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VeN7BTjH6uA/Tx_jT--T2UI/AAAAAAAAAMI/VZAua20rQ7M/s320/IMG_2932.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701525585735702850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I served it with the typical &lt;br /&gt;New Year Nara's  higashi &lt;br /&gt;(Japanese dry sweet), &lt;br /&gt; however, was a poor choice because  their taste it's too sweet and covered this tea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6NgWpD5ZV50/Tx_jclM_rJI/AAAAAAAAAMU/x0xDj-BKWhc/s1600/IMG_2927.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6NgWpD5ZV50/Tx_jclM_rJI/AAAAAAAAAMU/x0xDj-BKWhc/s400/IMG_2927.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701525733436796050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-2186283483384467793?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/2186283483384467793/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/01/christmas-tea-english-version.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/2186283483384467793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/2186283483384467793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/01/christmas-tea-english-version.html' title='Christmas chaxi for my tea - English Version'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cYQQEJLUADo/Tx_j6ShNd4I/AAAAAAAAAMg/dGLJyVX0cxM/s72-c/IMG_2919.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-3418555711489341467</id><published>2012-01-25T11:40:00.012+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T12:28:12.697+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ru Kiln Moon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tè di Natale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='allestimento tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wuyi Mountains wulong tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chaxi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dragon Tea House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tè dei monti Wuyi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè  Da Wu Ye Dancong Fenghuang'/><title type='text'>Tè delle feste</title><content type='html'>Un po' in ritardo pubblico la foto del chaxi della degustazione di un campione di tè che mi è stato gentilmente mandato in regalo per le feste di Natale dal negozio "Dragon Tea House". Il campione di tè in questione è Da Wu Ye Fenghuang Dancong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2P5wHngAjIc/Tx_dCvuucII/AAAAAAAAALM/Z8AWSP8fLm4/s1600/IMG_2919.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2P5wHngAjIc/Tx_dCvuucII/AAAAAAAAALM/Z8AWSP8fLm4/s320/IMG_2919.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701518692516262018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho scelto di creare un allestimento forse vagamente occidentale ma che rendesse l'idea delle Feste, usando parte del mio nuovo servito da tè Ru Kiln Moon che mostrerò più avanti nel dettaglio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il tè è un classico wulong dei Monti Wuyi. Non stravedo per questo tipo di tè (in generale amo gli wulong non tostati ma con gusto appena più deciso) tuttavia devo riconoscere che è un tè di classe: gusto leggero ma caratteristico e aroma dolce e delicato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_QWe5nFk6XU/Tx_e_QGUaWI/AAAAAAAAALk/AnLEn_B4RSA/s1600/IMG_2932.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_QWe5nFk6XU/Tx_e_QGUaWI/AAAAAAAAALk/AnLEn_B4RSA/s320/IMG_2932.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701520831508932962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'ho accompagnato con degli higashi di Nara tipici del capodanno giapponese, tuttavia è stata una pessima scelta di abbinamento perchè il loro gusto troppo dolce copriva esageratamente il gusto di questo tè.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5z5PROTQp5g/Tx_fn9X39ZI/AAAAAAAAALw/xOpR2qFkPRw/s1600/IMG_2927.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5z5PROTQp5g/Tx_fn9X39ZI/AAAAAAAAALw/xOpR2qFkPRw/s400/IMG_2927.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701521530856928658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-3418555711489341467?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/3418555711489341467/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/01/te-delle-feste.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/3418555711489341467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/3418555711489341467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2012/01/te-delle-feste.html' title='Tè delle feste'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2P5wHngAjIc/Tx_dCvuucII/AAAAAAAAALM/Z8AWSP8fLm4/s72-c/IMG_2919.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-6019451527941939481</id><published>2011-11-27T09:08:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T09:15:14.170+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea ceremony'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the  matcha tea ceremony chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hishaku-tate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chanoyu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shaku-tate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nagaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='robiraki'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ro'/><title type='text'>Robiraki (English version)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ICnzJOdNsuk/TtHxOysUK-I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/bbuc41-F4W4/s1600/IMG_2837.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ICnzJOdNsuk/TtHxOysUK-I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/bbuc41-F4W4/s400/IMG_2837.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679585841519012834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robiraki means literally "open ro". Ro is the brazier recessed inside&lt;br /&gt;of the tatami that is used in winter instead of furo. In winter we prefer&lt;br /&gt;use this because it is larger and thus generates more heat and is also placed at the center&lt;br /&gt;of the room, so it is closer to the guests.&lt;br /&gt;The transition between furo and ro is done with a special ceremony ( robiraki ceremony)  that&lt;br /&gt;usually done after the first week of November.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DLv8kDQ11Lk/TtHxXYsA6WI/AAAAAAAAAKA/2UcxHALd1_o/s1600/IMG_2840.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DLv8kDQ11Lk/TtHxXYsA6WI/AAAAAAAAAKA/2UcxHALd1_o/s320/IMG_2840.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679585989157251426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the first year I was able to celebrate robiraki because I completed my &lt;br /&gt;"chashitsu" corner doing the raised floor so you can cash out ro.&lt;br /&gt;In the photos you can see that I used  electric version ro (I had too little time), but I&lt;br /&gt;provided of course also to use it with coals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1fXRNV7gaVA/TtHxgCxAgTI/AAAAAAAAAKM/tP-3Oj0rfXA/s1600/IMG_2843.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1fXRNV7gaVA/TtHxgCxAgTI/AAAAAAAAAKM/tP-3Oj0rfXA/s320/IMG_2843.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679586137891438898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To complete my ceremony I used nagaita (the version for ro is a bit 'smaller&lt;br /&gt;that for furo).&lt;br /&gt;I will discuss in more detail the variations of nagaita in another post.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-6019451527941939481?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/6019451527941939481/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/robiraki-english-version.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/6019451527941939481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/6019451527941939481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/robiraki-english-version.html' title='Robiraki (English version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ICnzJOdNsuk/TtHxOysUK-I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/bbuc41-F4W4/s72-c/IMG_2837.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-4705138881331985519</id><published>2011-11-27T08:53:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T09:18:12.264+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the  matcha tea  chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hishaku-tate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shaku-tate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nagaita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='robiraki'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ro'/><title type='text'>Robiraki</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AmVskt_omSY/TtHucm_VTTI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/NUfXLrG_ndU/s1600/IMG_2837.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AmVskt_omSY/TtHucm_VTTI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/NUfXLrG_ndU/s400/IMG_2837.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679582780360838450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per Robiraki si intende letteralmente "apertura di ro". Ro è il braciere incassato all'interno dei tatami che si usa in inverno al posto di furo (braciere portatile). In Inverno si preferisce usare questo perchè è più grande e genera quindi calore maggiore ed è, inoltre, posto al centro della sala, quindi è più vicino agli ospiti.&lt;br /&gt;Il passaggio tra furo e ro si fa con una cerimonia particolare (cerimonia per robiraki) che si tiene solitamente dopo la prima settimana di Novembre. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CtPzbyP_5HI/TtHus-wjEvI/AAAAAAAAAJc/SNmeLni8o8k/s1600/IMG_2840.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CtPzbyP_5HI/TtHus-wjEvI/AAAAAAAAAJc/SNmeLni8o8k/s320/IMG_2840.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679583061619184370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo è il primo anno in cui ho potuto festeggiare robiraki poichè ho ultimato il mio angolo "chashitsu" facendo la pavimentazione rialzata in modo da poter incassare ro.&lt;br /&gt;Nelle foto che vedete ho usato ro in versione elettrica (avevo troppo poco tempo), ma ho ovviamente provveduto anche a poterlo usare con i carboni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9-ZYtE7kG2U/TtHu-qWGpuI/AAAAAAAAAJo/pHFiZMQev0g/s1600/IMG_2843.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9-ZYtE7kG2U/TtHu-qWGpuI/AAAAAAAAAJo/pHFiZMQev0g/s320/IMG_2843.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679583365377205986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per completare la mia cerimonia ho usato nagaita (la versione per ro che è un po' più piccola di quella per furo).&lt;br /&gt;Tratterò più approfonditamente le varianti di nagaita in un altro post.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-4705138881331985519?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/4705138881331985519/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/robiraki.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/4705138881331985519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/4705138881331985519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/robiraki.html' title='Robiraki'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AmVskt_omSY/TtHucm_VTTI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/NUfXLrG_ndU/s72-c/IMG_2837.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-5941689112885451791</id><published>2011-11-18T19:42:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-18T20:05:36.568+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the Giappone oita matcha tea ceremony chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='festival dell&apos;Oriente'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arti orientali'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cibo orientale'/><title type='text'>Festival dell'Oriente</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hLt6MFAXy1A/TsasUk4L1ZI/AAAAAAAAAJE/I_bn_a6ch_E/s1600/IMG_2714.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hLt6MFAXy1A/TsasUk4L1ZI/AAAAAAAAAJE/I_bn_a6ch_E/s400/IMG_2714.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676413849843783058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EVaBOVYre1U/TsasUjosPBI/AAAAAAAAAI0/pMRe8VaPPSE/s1600/IMG_2717.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EVaBOVYre1U/TsasUjosPBI/AAAAAAAAAI0/pMRe8VaPPSE/s400/IMG_2717.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676413849510362130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A5espkt5TQc/TsasUYMrUnI/AAAAAAAAAIs/0znFdMJlEsw/s1600/IMG_2708.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A5espkt5TQc/TsasUYMrUnI/AAAAAAAAAIs/0znFdMJlEsw/s400/IMG_2708.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676413846440071794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non molto tempo fa sono stata a Carrara al Festival dell'Oriente invogliata dall'enorme pubblicità che gli viene fatta ogni anno e dal grande afflusso di visitatori.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m7yHbWnRhUE/Tsan-7GQp_I/AAAAAAAAAIg/jMGOwBE0bL4/s1600/IMG_2704.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m7yHbWnRhUE/Tsan-7GQp_I/AAAAAAAAAIg/jMGOwBE0bL4/s400/IMG_2704.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676409079804766194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sono purtroppo rimasta molto molto delusa dalla grande disorganizzazione che hanno dimostrato. In uno dei padiglioni c'era un palcoscenico (piuttosto bruttino) in cui si alternavano vari tipi di scuole e praticanti di arti e sport di provenienza orientale. Purtroppo i partecipanti allo spettacolo non erano stati prima selezionati per cui sul palco si avvicendavano dai professionisti agli imbranati. (di più i partecipanti della seconda categoria).&lt;br /&gt;Di fronte a questo palco un affollatissimo mercatino di bancarelle che vendevano oggetti (o reclamizzavano prodotti) di provenienza o stile orientale. Un mercatino esattamente come quello che si può trovare alla mostra dell'artigianato di Fortezza da Basso a Firenze, cioè niente di veramente speciale.&lt;br /&gt;Negli altri padiglioni lo spazio era stato quasi interamente monopolizzato dalle arti marziali che occupavano più dei due terzi dell'intero complesso fieristico. &lt;br /&gt;Per una persona, come me, non proprio entusiasta delle arti marziali, ma alla ricerca delle arti estetiche e del tè, non c'era quasi nulla.&lt;br /&gt;Solo uno dei padiglioni offriva alcuni banchetti di arti giapponesi ma più che per divulgazione erano lì per lucro e, nell'insieme, risultavano anche assai "miseri".&lt;br /&gt;Per quanto riguarda il tè c'erano solo due banchetti: uno reclamizzava un posto italiano dove viene fatta cerimonia del tè su prenotazione, l'altro vendeva scatoline di tè matcha e offriva agli ospiti orrendi assaggini di matcha diluitissimo in acqua fredda e servito in bicchierini di plastica!&lt;br /&gt;Completamente assente la Cina che non compariva ne' per il tè, ne' per nessuna delle sue altre meravigliose arti.&lt;br /&gt;Per finire è stato un grosso problema anche poter mangiare in quanto era stato allestito un self service che era strapieno (le file duravano mediamente 40 minuti) e al momento in cui una persona affamata riusciva ad avvicinarsi al bancone avevano già finito tutto! Non parliamo poi del fatto che al self service servivano solo piatti italiani (di scarsissima qualità) e niente di orientale! Sognarsi di trovare poi qualcosa di vegetariano o tanto meno vegano era decisamente improbabile.&lt;br /&gt;Questa è stata decisamente un'esperienza da non ripetere e mi auguro che con il tempo gli amministratori si rendano conto che l'Oriente è grande (non è solo Giappone) e che le arti non sono solo quelle marziali (esiste cerimonia del tè, calligrafia, pittura, pittura su seta, poesia, arte dei nodi, origami, ikebana, danze tradizionali, cerimonie di vestizione, canto e musica, e moltissime altre ancora).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-5941689112885451791?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/5941689112885451791/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/festival-delloriente.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/5941689112885451791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/5941689112885451791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/festival-delloriente.html' title='Festival dell&apos;Oriente'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hLt6MFAXy1A/TsasUk4L1ZI/AAAAAAAAAJE/I_bn_a6ch_E/s72-c/IMG_2714.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-7366649925671990127</id><published>2011-11-18T19:27:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-18T19:41:39.431+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea ceremony'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bofuro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea setting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sencha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the  matcha tea ceremony chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chanoyu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sencha-do'/><title type='text'>Sencha-do   "the way of Sencha" (English version)</title><content type='html'>Many know the chanoyu Japanese tea ceremony, but very few people know that in Japan&lt;br /&gt;there is also another tea ceremony, equally complex, which is called Sencha-do.&lt;br /&gt; Sencha  tea leaves are a green tea of good quality. It is very popular with Japanese and&lt;br /&gt;drunk often, but usually without any kind of "ceremony".&lt;br /&gt;This tea ceremony combines the formality typical of the aesthetic taste of Japanese chado with &lt;br /&gt;Chinese tools.&lt;br /&gt;For this type of ceremony the study is very long and complex. &lt;br /&gt;I have made only a brief introduction to this, lesser known but equally beautiful, Japanese tea ceremony&lt;br /&gt; and I'll give you a little taste in this photo showing how I made ​​in&lt;br /&gt;my setting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vpl-HHOY99A/TsamGMUghLI/AAAAAAAAAIU/FXVmdOLIOWY/s1600/IMG_0925.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vpl-HHOY99A/TsamGMUghLI/AAAAAAAAAIU/FXVmdOLIOWY/s400/IMG_0925.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676407005663757490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the center I used with a tall white brazier which is called "bofuro". The&lt;br /&gt;teapot on the right is quite old and is part of a service that I have inherited much &lt;br /&gt;time ago, but is perfectly for shape and color for the functions of the teapot for&lt;br /&gt;Sencha-do (the equivalent of mizusashi in chado).&lt;br /&gt;In front, on a tray, a tea set that includes Japanese sencha teapot and&lt;br /&gt;mugs. The metal plates are Japanese and I bought them in Tokyo specifically to make this ceremony.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-7366649925671990127?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/7366649925671990127/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/sencha-do-way-of-sencha.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/7366649925671990127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/7366649925671990127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/sencha-do-way-of-sencha.html' title='Sencha-do   &quot;the way of Sencha&quot; (English version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vpl-HHOY99A/TsamGMUghLI/AAAAAAAAAIU/FXVmdOLIOWY/s72-c/IMG_0925.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-4173161884130714612</id><published>2011-11-13T00:12:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T00:27:22.524+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the Giappone oita matcha tea ceremony chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bofuro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sencha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='la via del sencha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sencha-do'/><title type='text'>Sencha-do   "La via del Sencha"</title><content type='html'>In molti conoscono la cerimonia del tè giapponese, ma pochissime persone sanno che in Giappone esiste anche un'altra cerimonia del tè, altrettanto complessa, che si chiama Sencha-do.&lt;br /&gt;Il tè Sencha è un tè verde in foglie di buona qualità. E' molto amato dai giapponesi  e viene bevuto spesso, ma, solitamente,  senza alcun tipo di "cerimoniale".&lt;br /&gt;Questa cerimonia del tè unisce la formalità tipica del chado giapponese al gusto estetico degli utensili cinesi.&lt;br /&gt;Anche per questo tipo di cerimonia lo studio è molto lungo e complesso e le regole da seguire sono tante e rigidissime.&lt;br /&gt;Vi ho fatto solo una piccola introduzione a questa meno nota, ma altrettanto bella, cerimonia del tè giapponese e ve ne do un piccolo assaggio in questa foto che mostra come l'ho realizzata nel mio ambiente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NHzTwhlMZuE/Tr7_Dv38pAI/AAAAAAAAAII/q0sHHqTKSkU/s1600/IMG_0925.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NHzTwhlMZuE/Tr7_Dv38pAI/AAAAAAAAAII/q0sHHqTKSkU/s400/IMG_0925.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674253020389221378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nel centro si usa un braciere alto e stretto con sopra un bollitore che si chiama "bofuro". La teiera a destra è piuttosto antica e fa parte di un servizio orientale che ho ereditato molto tempo fa, ma si addiceva perfettamente, come forma e colori,  alle funzioni della teiera di Sencha-do (l'equivalente del mizusashi nel chado).&lt;br /&gt;di fronte, sopra un vassoio, un servizio da tè giapponese per sencha che comprende teiera e tazze. I piattini in metallo li ho comprati in Giappone espressamente per fare questa cerimonia.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-4173161884130714612?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/4173161884130714612/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/sencha-do-la-via-del-sencha.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/4173161884130714612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/4173161884130714612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/sencha-do-la-via-del-sencha.html' title='Sencha-do   &quot;La via del Sencha&quot;'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NHzTwhlMZuE/Tr7_Dv38pAI/AAAAAAAAAII/q0sHHqTKSkU/s72-c/IMG_0925.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-5090388997564104623</id><published>2011-11-13T00:01:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T00:10:10.335+01:00</updated><title type='text'>New teapot inauguration (English version)</title><content type='html'>I publish this post as a tribute of honor to the new Yixing handmade teapot  that I have just opened!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IgoCfQQBAwc/Tr78LReYULI/AAAAAAAAAHk/YJ7ZghrtK2g/s1600/IMG_2687.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IgoCfQQBAwc/Tr78LReYULI/AAAAAAAAAHk/YJ7ZghrtK2g/s400/IMG_2687.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674249851132989618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I bought this teapot in China  in the city of Yixing (famous for its clay ideal for the manufacture of tea utensils) in 2006. It was handmade by a craftsman who has his shop in front of the famous museum of historical Yixing zisha teapots! It was really fantastic to see the craftsmen working the clay with such mastery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--7hMOH2kfw4/Tr78bf4XSPI/AAAAAAAAAHw/c3qPaPUORB4/s1600/IMG_2690.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--7hMOH2kfw4/Tr78bf4XSPI/AAAAAAAAAHw/c3qPaPUORB4/s320/IMG_2690.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674250129877977330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I chose to open this teapot (purchased from the many that I have still to use) because it has a fine relief of bamboo leaves that fall from the branch just yellowed with the first autumn breeze. I found it  very appropriate to the period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yR_jVvE9fXs/Tr78mqTNo1I/AAAAAAAAAH8/mcOLg9wZifE/s1600/IMG_2696.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yR_jVvE9fXs/Tr78mqTNo1I/AAAAAAAAAH8/mcOLg9wZifE/s320/IMG_2696.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674250321653506898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I chose to keep it to serve naturally fermented Puerh tea. His baptism was therefore with a classic bing cha Menghai 7532.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-5090388997564104623?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/5090388997564104623/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-teapot-inauguration-english-version.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/5090388997564104623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/5090388997564104623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-teapot-inauguration-english-version.html' title='New teapot inauguration (English version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IgoCfQQBAwc/Tr78LReYULI/AAAAAAAAAHk/YJ7ZghrtK2g/s72-c/IMG_2687.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-6758245123106942466</id><published>2011-11-12T23:47:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-12T23:59:41.557+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Tie Kwan Yin (English version)</title><content type='html'>Tie Kwan Yin Tea (or " Iron Goddess of Mercy Tea") is a very famous Chinese oolong tea all over the world. To date it remains one of my favorite tea and it is certainly the one who I drink more.&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to create a setting to enjoy at the best  my precious leaves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LYVSWHqtwtg/Tr75l-P3GjI/AAAAAAAAAHA/u80xVZoj_D0/s1600/IMG_2679.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LYVSWHqtwtg/Tr75l-P3GjI/AAAAAAAAAHA/u80xVZoj_D0/s400/IMG_2679.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674247011293403698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did not want the "usual" tray with drainage water (because I had decided to sit down on the tatami) so I used a simple wooden table and a kensui to collect the waste water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sUG0gok8jIA/Tr7539Z4yUI/AAAAAAAAAHM/k0N_2KjXBeo/s1600/IMG_2675.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sUG0gok8jIA/Tr7539Z4yUI/AAAAAAAAAHM/k0N_2KjXBeo/s320/IMG_2675.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674247320304666946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Yixing teapot was purchased by me in 2005 and is definitely one of my favorites. I bought it at the Italian Museum of Tea and it is a copy a very famous design teapot of the Old China. It is my inseparable teapot for Tie Kwan Yin tea!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9CUrQeE_yus/Tr76FXgN-KI/AAAAAAAAAHY/LKuCmsKUE7M/s1600/IMG_2677.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9CUrQeE_yus/Tr76FXgN-KI/AAAAAAAAAHY/LKuCmsKUE7M/s320/IMG_2677.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674247550648842402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used also some Yixing cups and japanese iron saucers with the design of a red Maple leaf. The water was boiled in a precious kettle over a Japanese electric furo . (I really have not  the time to prepare the charcoals!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good tea for all!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-6758245123106942466?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/6758245123106942466/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/tie-kwan-yin-english-version.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/6758245123106942466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/6758245123106942466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/tie-kwan-yin-english-version.html' title='Tie Kwan Yin (English version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LYVSWHqtwtg/Tr75l-P3GjI/AAAAAAAAAHA/u80xVZoj_D0/s72-c/IMG_2679.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-668197884732302232</id><published>2011-11-12T23:34:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-12T23:46:39.509+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the Giappone oita matcha tea ceremony chado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chosen furo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='October'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shiki-ita'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hagi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blue hagi Seigan'/><title type='text'>Oita (English version)</title><content type='html'>During the first days of October, in the Japanese tea ceremony, we use a&lt;br /&gt;particular "table" (placed between furo and tatami) larger than normal&lt;br /&gt;shiki-ita  used in most of the ceremonies with furo.&lt;br /&gt;The ceremony  with oita is not much different from normal tea ceremony, however you have to&lt;br /&gt;remember that futaoki and hishaku  are positioned above the "table". It is the same &lt;br /&gt; if you leave the tools at the end of the ceremony.&lt;br /&gt;With Oita you must use only  Chosen furo ( the type of brazier that you can see in the&lt;br /&gt;photo) and futaoki of bamboo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uUFP1Te9-5I/Tr7212knCcI/AAAAAAAAAGo/778phglzdi4/s1600/IMG_2665.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uUFP1Te9-5I/Tr7212knCcI/AAAAAAAAAGo/778phglzdi4/s400/IMG_2665.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674243985575971266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I chose to use a  hagi chawan (blue hagi from Seigan artist that in recent years has become&lt;br /&gt;very very popular). I do not love her very much, but I wanted to take the colors of the waves&lt;br /&gt;painted on marine futaoki. The Natsume used gives the idea of the start of autumn, it has a fund&lt;br /&gt; designs of chrysanthemums and red maple leaves on a black laquer. The futaoki used is perhaps the&lt;br /&gt;piece more particularly as it is made ​​of painted wood with a traditional design.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bjELdE_W-qU/Tr73J4w01GI/AAAAAAAAAG0/Mjols3CF--4/s1600/IMG_2666.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bjELdE_W-qU/Tr73J4w01GI/AAAAAAAAAG0/Mjols3CF--4/s400/IMG_2666.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674244329761461346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-668197884732302232?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/668197884732302232/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/oita-english-version.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/668197884732302232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/668197884732302232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/11/oita-english-version.html' title='Oita (English version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uUFP1Te9-5I/Tr7212knCcI/AAAAAAAAAGo/778phglzdi4/s72-c/IMG_2665.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-5884403539323318861</id><published>2011-10-29T00:34:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-29T00:47:02.558+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tie Kwan Yin</title><content type='html'>Il tè Tie Kwan Yin (o "Tè della Dea ferrea della misericordia") è un oolong cinese molto famoso in tutto il mondo. Ad oggi resta uno dei miei tè preferiti ed è sicuramente tra quelli che bevo di più. &lt;br /&gt;Ho voluto così creare un allestimento per godere al meglio delle mie preziosissime foglie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CV6ZRTHbNYQ/TqsuvbSXOvI/AAAAAAAAAGE/Z3bciQXKAqo/s1600/IMG_2679.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CV6ZRTHbNYQ/TqsuvbSXOvI/AAAAAAAAAGE/Z3bciQXKAqo/s400/IMG_2679.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668675948289407730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non avevo voglia del "solito" vassoio con lo scolo per l'acqua (anche perchè avevo deciso di sistemarmi sui tatami) così ho usato una semplice tavola di legno di ciliegio e un kensui per raccogliere l'acqua di scarto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sPPOv0cx9Go/TqsvVahaFcI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/k-u2YeZZzlU/s1600/IMG_2677.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sPPOv0cx9Go/TqsvVahaFcI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/k-u2YeZZzlU/s320/IMG_2677.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668676600919102914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La teiera di Yixing è stata acquistata da me nel 2005 ed è sicuramente una delle mie preferite. La comprai al Museo del Tè italiano ed è la riproduzione di una teiera antica molto famosa in Cina. E' diventata la mia inseparabile teiera per il Tie Kwan Yin!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aCNQCmGc53c/Tqsv3TRY6iI/AAAAAAAAAGc/HW5DFilEkaw/s1600/IMG_2675.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aCNQCmGc53c/Tqsv3TRY6iI/AAAAAAAAAGc/HW5DFilEkaw/s400/IMG_2675.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668677183088421410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per quanto riguarda gli altri utensili, le tazze sono anch'esse in terra di Yixing e i piattini sono piccole foglie di acero giapponese in ghisa. L'acqua è stata bollita in una preziosa teiera giapponese sopra ad un furo elettrico. (oggi non avevo proprio il tempo di preparare i carboni!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buon tè a tutti!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-5884403539323318861?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/5884403539323318861/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/10/tie-kwan-yin.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/5884403539323318861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/5884403539323318861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/10/tie-kwan-yin.html' title='Tie Kwan Yin'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CV6ZRTHbNYQ/TqsuvbSXOvI/AAAAAAAAAGE/Z3bciQXKAqo/s72-c/IMG_2679.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-2340735761492326291</id><published>2011-10-28T00:19:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T00:30:58.709+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Inaugurazione nuova teiera</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wlkbMzUhjKc/TqnZnzspHZI/AAAAAAAAAFs/ev1NHRMplBE/s1600/IMG_2687.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wlkbMzUhjKc/TqnZnzspHZI/AAAAAAAAAFs/ev1NHRMplBE/s400/IMG_2687.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668300883938057618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pubblico questo post come tributo onorifico alla nuova teiera artigianale Yixing che ho appena inaugurato!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wu7rvs6T-JE/TqnZbr8ZJ0I/AAAAAAAAAFg/6NlEA-J4xH8/s1600/IMG_2690.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wu7rvs6T-JE/TqnZbr8ZJ0I/AAAAAAAAAFg/6NlEA-J4xH8/s400/IMG_2690.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668300675698206530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho comprato questa teiera in Cina proprio nella città di Yixing (famosissima per le sue terre ideali alla fabbricazione di utensili per il tè) nel 2006. E' stata fatta a mano da un artigiano che ha la sua bottega proprio davanti al famoso museo delle teiere storiche in terra di Yixing! E' stato un vero spettacolo, all'epoca, vedere l'artigiano lavorare la terra con una tale maestria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sYnL3OBCSmE/TqnaeBdpQwI/AAAAAAAAAF4/lzim0oqUOyk/s1600/IMG_2696.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sYnL3OBCSmE/TqnaeBdpQwI/AAAAAAAAAF4/lzim0oqUOyk/s400/IMG_2696.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668301815346184962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho scelto di inaugurare questa teiera (tra le molte acquistate che ancora devo utilizzare) poichè ha un fine rilievo di foglie di bambù appena ingiallite che cascano dal ramo con la prima brezza autunnale. L'ho trovata quindi molto appropriata al periodo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho scelto di tenerla per servire tè puerh a fermentazione naturale di tipo poco invecchiato. Il suo battesimo è quindi stato con un classico bing cha di Menghai 7532.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-2340735761492326291?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/2340735761492326291/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/10/inaugurazione-nuova-teiera.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/2340735761492326291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/2340735761492326291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/10/inaugurazione-nuova-teiera.html' title='Inaugurazione nuova teiera'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wlkbMzUhjKc/TqnZnzspHZI/AAAAAAAAAFs/ev1NHRMplBE/s72-c/IMG_2687.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-8802893735570158888</id><published>2011-10-27T23:47:00.012+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T00:19:18.839+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè the Giappone oita matcha tea ceremony chado'/><title type='text'>Oita</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-POF9FOWWsb0/TqnS7Vn8XhI/AAAAAAAAAEA/ZfNbZ2REL0w/s1600/IMG_2665.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-POF9FOWWsb0/TqnS7Vn8XhI/AAAAAAAAAEA/ZfNbZ2REL0w/s400/IMG_2665.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668293522881273362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Durante la prima metà di Ottobre nella cerimonia del tè giapponese si è soliti usare una particolare "tavola" (collocata tra furo e tatami) di dimensioni più grandi rispetto alla normale shiki-ita usata nella maggioranza delle cerimonie con furo. &lt;br /&gt;La cerimonia che si esegue con oita non è molto differente dal normale, tuttavia bisogna ricordarsi che futaoki e hishaku vengono posizionati sopra alla "tavola" stessa sia durante la cerimonia che nel caso si lascino gli utensili a fine cerimonia.&lt;br /&gt;Oita necessita esclusivamente di usare chosen furo (cioè il tipo di braciere che vedete nelle foto) e futaoki in bambù.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-58nWKv6wCJ4/TqnVD-4jSEI/AAAAAAAAAEk/_gC2H43I6fM/s1600/IMG_2671.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-58nWKv6wCJ4/TqnVD-4jSEI/AAAAAAAAAEk/_gC2H43I6fM/s320/IMG_2671.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668295870418995266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VOe-ovliz5Y/TqnWW0HUAyI/AAAAAAAAAEw/OJZFyqAoRzs/s1600/IMG_2666.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VOe-ovliz5Y/TqnWW0HUAyI/AAAAAAAAAEw/OJZFyqAoRzs/s320/IMG_2666.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668297293457261346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho scelto di usare una tazza hagi (blu hagi dell'artista Seigan che negli ultimi anni è divenuto molto molto popolare) anche se non la amo moltissimo, ma volevo riprendere i colori delle onde marine dipinte sul futaoki. Il natsume usato da subito l'idea dell'autunno poichè su un fondo di lacca nera spiccano disegni di crisantemi e foglie rosse di acero. Il futaoki usato forse è il pezzo più particolare poichè è realizzato in legno dipinto con un tradizionale disegno di onde che si infrangono.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iKwd2nKu7AU/TqnW3sjVltI/AAAAAAAAAE8/qepg2skuAfY/s1600/IMG_2667.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iKwd2nKu7AU/TqnW3sjVltI/AAAAAAAAAE8/qepg2skuAfY/s320/IMG_2667.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668297858363004626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aggiungo delle foto con i dettagli  degli oggetti utilizzati.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_oCYJAJjGxQ/TqnX2DCFgLI/AAAAAAAAAFU/5ElgWVrd7x0/s1600/IMG_2674.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_oCYJAJjGxQ/TqnX2DCFgLI/AAAAAAAAAFU/5ElgWVrd7x0/s320/IMG_2674.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668298929549443250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RmyxaDARFtk/TqnXatdu9xI/AAAAAAAAAFI/gOukKx0UC7s/s1600/IMG_2673.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RmyxaDARFtk/TqnXatdu9xI/AAAAAAAAAFI/gOukKx0UC7s/s320/IMG_2673.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668298459903358738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-8802893735570158888?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/8802893735570158888/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/10/oita.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/8802893735570158888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/8802893735570158888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2011/10/oita.html' title='Oita'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-POF9FOWWsb0/TqnS7Vn8XhI/AAAAAAAAAEA/ZfNbZ2REL0w/s72-c/IMG_2665.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-5054849727850271585</id><published>2010-08-30T18:07:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-30T18:12:52.625+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea ceremony'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea ceremony done outdoor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea ceremony with thermos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nodate'/><title type='text'>Nodate (english version)</title><content type='html'>"Nodate" in Japan means a tea ceremony done outdoors. There are various types of nodate, which may be more or less sophisticated: it goes from a simple cup of matcha done with a thermos to a real ceremony with portable tatami and made with all the equipment of a true classic ceremony.&lt;br /&gt;I spent some of the hottest days of July on the mountains (about 1600m high) in beautiful lawns and breathtaking views. I had not with me all the equipment to do the tea ceremony, but I could not fail to make a simple nodate in an environment so beautiful! I organized a "set portable" studied to make nodate: a basket to hold a traditional chawan (a size just smaller than standard) and Natsume (from chabako). How chashaku and chasen I used those leaflets that are comfortably inside a small container made of bamboo. Unfortunately I could not bring with me on top of the mountain the tatami so I did with a mat and a thermos, but I can assure you that was a truly wonderful experience!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-5054849727850271585?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/5054849727850271585/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/08/nodate-english-version.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/5054849727850271585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/5054849727850271585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/08/nodate-english-version.html' title='Nodate (english version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-6431891714023924757</id><published>2010-08-30T17:52:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-30T18:03:05.326+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tsukubai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea ceremony'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='build a tokonoma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='build a tsukubai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='japanese tradictional home'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chanoyu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tokonoma'/><title type='text'>Tokonoma (english version)</title><content type='html'>It's a long time that I don't write, but also the tea masters take holidays! Although it may not have published anything on the blog, but my practice has not stopped and accompanied me in this hot summer.&lt;br /&gt;I'll start this post with an account of .... my birthday! Yes, you read right: for my birthday I asked my husband to build a tokonoma for me.&lt;br /&gt;What is a tokonoma? It is an architectural element that is part of all traditional Japanese houses. This is a "recess" in the wall which forms the essence or "heart" of the house and where you can watch the best treasures of the family. You can hang a beautiful jiku, put a composition ikebana (or Chabana if it is a room for tea ceremony), you can use for a koro (incense burner) or you can expose a vase or a statue particularly significant. In traditional homes was the only place that could be "decorated" in the home. There are many types of tokonoma: those of the traditional houses are planned during the construction of the house itself, but there are also some "adjustments" for those who have a modern house or a Western home. In these cases the tokonoma is "built" like forniture trying to integrate as much as possible in furnishing the room in which it is placed. For example, my teacher, who unfortunately does not have a traditional house, has built a very similar in a cabinet without the doors, whereas I wanted something that was lighter like structure and more rustic and natural effect, so my sweet husband decided to simply create two columns pine resting on the mat and that they cover as a simple "shelf" of the same type of wood. The final effect I leave you to judge. To complete my stay I bought the mats I needed for the space of a traditional tea ceremony room, four and a half tatami mats. Certainly my living room is not in real Japanese style but little by little I want to turn for a space of my own where I could exercise even better in the art of tea.&lt;br /&gt;To cap it all, my better half has "invented", on my advice, a tsukubai (ritual fountain) for "apartment" that recreates, however, the natural atmosphere of Japanese gardens.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-6431891714023924757?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/6431891714023924757/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/08/tokonoma_30.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/6431891714023924757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/6431891714023924757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/08/tokonoma_30.html' title='Tokonoma (english version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-1892269838563642975</id><published>2010-08-30T17:42:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-30T18:03:39.933+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea ceremony'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='first chaji'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chaji'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chanoyu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea lessons'/><title type='text'>My first chaji (english version)</title><content type='html'>My teacher, just like me, has birthday in July and this time I decided, instead of the usual birthday gift, of calling her for a chaji.&lt;br /&gt;It was a great experience because I had never invited anyone before for a chaji organized entirely by me.&lt;br /&gt;A chaji is a full tea ceremony:  includes sumi (charcoal) ceremony, kaiseki meal, two desserts and two-course of tea.&lt;br /&gt;To make life easier I decided to make a chaji "simplified" by eliminating the kaiseki meal and adopting the formula of Zen-cha, reversing the order of usucha and Koicha so that the charcoal had time to heat the water for good afford to make a good thick tea.&lt;br /&gt;It was very tiring but it helped me to learn how to organize the management of work (I started to prepare several days before) and my teacher was very pleased with the work I have done.&lt;br /&gt;(Actually I do not know why it was so happy because I have made many mistakes, but she is always so patient ...). As you can see from the photos I used a typical summer Korean-style brazier with a shiki-ita in Oribe style. I then used a mitsusashi of 1800, a Natsume usagi maki and a type of chaire akahada. The cup for koicha was a classic aka-raku while for usucha was a hira-chawan of 1800.&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to give the atmosphere of an informal and relaxed chaji so I put in a tokonoma a jiku with a simple phrase that translated into Italian means something like "take a cup of tea." The choice of this phrase would mean to me: let us not be too strict and we take this opportunity to drink a simple cup of tea.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-1892269838563642975?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/1892269838563642975/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-first-chaji.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/1892269838563642975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/1892269838563642975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-first-chaji.html' title='My first chaji (english version)'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-1414337053923901196</id><published>2010-08-25T11:37:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T12:00:22.693+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Il mio primo chaji</title><content type='html'>Anche la mia maestra, proprio come me, compie gli anni nel mese di Luglio e questa volta avevo deciso, invece del solito regalo di compleanno, di invitarla per un chaji.&lt;br /&gt;E' stata una bellissima esperienza perchè non avevo mai invitato nessuno prima per un chaji organizzato interamente da me.&lt;br /&gt;Un chaji è una cerimonia del tè completa: dura molto tempo e comprende cerimonia di carbone, pasto kaiseki, due dolci e due portate di tè.&lt;br /&gt;Per semplificarmi la vita ho deciso di fare un chaji "semplificato" eliminando il pasto kaiseki e adottando la formula dello zen cha, cioè invertendo l'ordine di usucha e koicha per far sì che i carboni avessero il tempo di scaldare bene l'acqua per permettermi di preparare un buon tè denso.&lt;br /&gt;E' stato molto faticoso ma mi è servito per imparare a organizzare la gestione del lavoro (ho cominciato a prepararlo diversi giorni prima)e la mia maestra è rimasta molto contenta del lavoro che ho svolto.&lt;br /&gt;(In realtà non so perchè sia rimasta così contenta visto che ho fatto moltissimi errori, ma lei è sempre così paziente...). Ecco qui alcune foto della preparazione:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTnQPx2fII/AAAAAAAAAC8/VWj0vW8vXGw/s1600/IMG_1086.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTnQPx2fII/AAAAAAAAAC8/VWj0vW8vXGw/s400/IMG_1086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509282510480505986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTnLRyaeeI/AAAAAAAAAC0/LK2KHDTWiyE/s1600/IMG_1087.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTnLRyaeeI/AAAAAAAAAC0/LK2KHDTWiyE/s400/IMG_1087.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509282425120389602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come si vede dalle foto ho usato un furo tipicamente estivo in stile coreano con uno shiki-ita in stile oribe. Ho usato poi un mitsusashi del 1800, un natsume usagi maki e un chaire di tipo akahada. La tazza per koicha era una classica aka-raku mentre quella per usucha era una hira-chawan anch'essa del 1800. &lt;br /&gt;Volevo dare al chaji un'atmosfera informale e rilassata per cui ho messo nel tokonoma un jiku con una frase molto semplice che tradotta in italiano significa più o meno "prendiamo insieme una tazza di tè". La scelta di questa frase voleva significare per me: cerchiamo di non essere troppo rigorosi e prendiamo questa occasione per bere una semplice tazza di tè. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E questo è il chabana estivo che ho preparato per l'occasione&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTnpmRLatI/AAAAAAAAADE/JYZAhIPORig/s1600/IMG_1084.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTnpmRLatI/AAAAAAAAADE/JYZAhIPORig/s400/IMG_1084.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509282946014210770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-1414337053923901196?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/1414337053923901196/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/08/il-mio-primo-chaji.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/1414337053923901196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/1414337053923901196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/08/il-mio-primo-chaji.html' title='Il mio primo chaji'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTnQPx2fII/AAAAAAAAAC8/VWj0vW8vXGw/s72-c/IMG_1086.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-6167018969433933064</id><published>2010-08-25T11:15:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T11:36:06.031+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nodate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè in montagna'/><title type='text'>Nodate</title><content type='html'>Per "nodate" in Giappone si intende una cerimonia del tè fatta all'aperto. Vi sono vari tipi di nodate, che possono essere più o meno sofisticati: si passa da una semplice tazza di matcha fatta con un termos ad una vera e propria cerimonia fatta con furo e tatami portatili e tutta l'attrezzatura classica di una vera cerimonia.&lt;br /&gt;Ho passato parte dei giorni più caldi del mese di Luglio in montagna (a circa 1600 metri)in mezzo a splendidi prati e viste mozzafiato. Non avevo con me tutta l'attrezzatura per fare cerimonia del tè, ma non potevo rinunciare a fare un semplice nodate in un ambiente tanto bello!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTi0n40vzI/AAAAAAAAACU/1DkvfpK7_rk/s1600/IMG_1019.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTi0n40vzI/AAAAAAAAACU/1DkvfpK7_rk/s320/IMG_1019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509277637869354802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mi sono organizzata con un "set portatile" studiato apposta per fare nodate: un cestino tradizionale per contenere un chawan (di dimensioni appena più piccole di quelle standard) e un natsume (da chabako). Come chashaku e chasen ho utilizzato quelli pieghevoli che stanno comodamente all'interno di un piccolo contenitore in bambù.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTiPAVMRcI/AAAAAAAAACM/D2KYDvhV84Q/s1600/IMG_1034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTiPAVMRcI/AAAAAAAAACM/D2KYDvhV84Q/s320/IMG_1034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509276991595759042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTiD2kzx_I/AAAAAAAAACE/m-B4OiovXz4/s1600/IMG_1011.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTiD2kzx_I/AAAAAAAAACE/m-B4OiovXz4/s320/IMG_1011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509276799998347250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Purtroppo non potevo portare con me sulla cima del monte ne' i tatami ne' il furo così mi sono dovuta accontentare di una stuoia e di un termos, ma vi posso assicurare che è stata un'esperienza davvero meravigliosa!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTjYJe5bXI/AAAAAAAAACc/sIz-uqfLt3Y/s1600/IMG_1035.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTjYJe5bXI/AAAAAAAAACc/sIz-uqfLt3Y/s400/IMG_1035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509278248182836594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-6167018969433933064?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/6167018969433933064/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/08/nodate.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/6167018969433933064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/6167018969433933064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/08/nodate.html' title='Nodate'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTi0n40vzI/AAAAAAAAACU/1DkvfpK7_rk/s72-c/IMG_1019.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-7516692778211208757</id><published>2010-08-25T10:11:00.014+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T11:07:35.153+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tsukubai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tatami'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tokonoma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='costruire tokonoma'/><title type='text'>Tokonoma</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTW7Itl59I/AAAAAAAAABM/a8yKANTXjbk/s1600/IMG_1074.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTW7Itl59I/AAAAAAAAABM/a8yKANTXjbk/s320/IMG_1074.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509264555620296658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E' da molto che non scrivo, ma anche i maestri del tè prendono le ferie! Per quanto possa non aver pubblicato nulla sul blog, tuttavia la mia pratica di cerimonia non si è fermata e mi ha accompagnata anche in questa calda estate.&lt;br /&gt;Comincerò questo post con un resoconto del.... mio compleanno! Sì, avete capito bene: per il mio compleanno ho chiesto a mio marito che mi costruisse un tokonoma.&lt;br /&gt;Cos'è un tokonoma? E' un elemento architettonico che fa parte di tutte le case giapponesi tradizionali. Si tratta di una "rientranza" nel muro che costituisce il fulcro o il "cuore" della casa e nella quale si esibiscono i migliori "tesori" che la famiglia possiede. Si può appendere un bel jiku, metterci una composizione ikebana ( o chabana se si tratta di una stanza per cerimonia del tè), si può usare per un bel koro (ossia un bruciatore d'incenso) oppure vi si può esporre un vaso o una statua particolarmente significativa. Nelle case tradizionali era l'unico posto che poteva essere "decorato" all'interno delle mura domestiche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTc86afoMI/AAAAAAAAAB8/QFeTFlBqsXg/s1600/stanza+5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTc86afoMI/AAAAAAAAAB8/QFeTFlBqsXg/s320/stanza+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509271183211602114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vi sono molti tipi di tokonoma: quelli delle case tradizionali sono progettati durante la costruzione della casa stessa, ma vi sono anche degli "adattamenti" per chi ha una casa moderna oppure una casa all'occidentale. In questi casi il tokonoma viene "costruito" come se fosse un mobile cercando di integrarlo il più possibile nell'arredamento della stanza in cui viene posto. Per esempio, la mia maestra, che sfortunatamente non possiede una casa tradizionale, ne ha costruito uno in legno molto simile all'interno di un armadio senza le ante; io, invece, volevo qualcosa che fosse più leggero come struttura e più rustico e naturale come effetto, così il mio dolce marito ha deciso di creare semplicemente due colonne in legno di pino che poggiassero sul tatami e che avessero come copertura una semplice "mensola" dello stesso tipo di legno. L'effetto finale lo lascio giudicare a voi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTYpV73x2I/AAAAAAAAABk/uIDLop2Pzv8/s1600/IMG_1076.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 413px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTYpV73x2I/AAAAAAAAABk/uIDLop2Pzv8/s400/IMG_1076.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509266448955459426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per completare il mio soggiorno ho acquistato i tatami che mi mancavano per avere lo spazio classico di una stanza da cerimonia del tè: quattro tatami e mezzo. Certamente il mio soggiorno non è ancora in stile giapponese ma poco alla volta conto di trasformarlo per avere uno spazio tutto mio dove potermi esercitare ancora meglio nell'arte del tè.&lt;br /&gt;A completare il tutto, la mia dolce metà ha "inventato", su mio consiglio, una tsukubai (fontana rituale) "da appartamento" che ricrea, però, l'atmosfera naturale dei giardini giapponesi.&lt;br /&gt;                                                                  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTaT7MnFCI/AAAAAAAAAB0/3x7FklbPFwg/s1600/IMG_1078.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTaT7MnFCI/AAAAAAAAAB0/3x7FklbPFwg/s400/IMG_1078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509268280023913506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-7516692778211208757?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/7516692778211208757/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/08/tokonoma.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/7516692778211208757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/7516692778211208757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/08/tokonoma.html' title='Tokonoma'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/THTW7Itl59I/AAAAAAAAABM/a8yKANTXjbk/s72-c/IMG_1074.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-8543028128791085299</id><published>2010-07-13T14:57:00.011+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-13T15:37:46.972+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='furo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='haigata'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cenere'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/TDxqtCKzZwI/AAAAAAAAABE/lYfAkZCqnXM/s1600/IMG_0921.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/TDxqtCKzZwI/AAAAAAAAABE/lYfAkZCqnXM/s320/IMG_0921.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493382967394002690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/TDxqslow-HI/AAAAAAAAAA8/BvI_xADl2_w/s1600/IMG_0918.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/TDxqslow-HI/AAAAAAAAAA8/BvI_xADl2_w/s320/IMG_0918.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493382959735044210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/TDxqsW3LezI/AAAAAAAAAA0/3zUi5uneG9w/s1600/IMG_0923.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/TDxqsW3LezI/AAAAAAAAAA0/3zUi5uneG9w/s320/IMG_0923.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493382955768970034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/TDxqLPkDm9I/AAAAAAAAAAs/qbYjVAJoUPY/s1600/IMG_0921.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/TDxnoLe17LI/AAAAAAAAAAk/x90V3TuPNUI/s1600/IMG_0923.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/TDxnngwCa2I/AAAAAAAAAAc/NbwaDP9hQ90/s1600/IMG_0921.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/TDxnJ3v0nFI/AAAAAAAAAAU/NE_ogGwinVk/s1600/IMG_0921.JPG"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/TDxmNCs0ZjI/AAAAAAAAAAM/HrmOHNTcW24/s1600/IMG_0919.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non molto tempo fa ho fatto il mio primo haigata. Per haigata si intende l'arte di disporre la cenere dentro il braciere. &lt;div&gt;In cerimonia del tè si utilizzano due tipi di braciere per scaldare l'acqua sotto al bollitore. &lt;div&gt;Il braciere invernale è detto ro ed è normalmente incassato all'interno della pavimentazione a tatami della stanza tradizionale, in estate, invece, si utilizza un braciere portatile chiamato furo per poterlo allontanare dalla seduta degli ospiti in maniera che i carboni ardenti non debbano surriscaldare troppo l'ambiente. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Il furo, che si posiziona di fronte sulla sinistra del maestro, può avere varie forme ed essere fatto in vari materiali, ma viene sempre riempito di una speciale cenere (hai - cenere di riso) che serve da "base" ai carboni che scalderanno l'acqua all'interno del bollitore (kama).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Perchè si dice "arte di disporre la cenere"?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Perchè la cenere non riempie semplicemente il furo (o il ro in inverno) ma, a seconda della stagione, della forma e materiale del braciere, viene disposta seguendo delle forme (e talvolta dei disegni) ben precisi. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A  prima vista può sembrare un'operazione non troppo complessa, ma vi assicuro che che è tutt'altro che semplice!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Due settimane fa ho fatto haigata per la prima volta ( con gli attrezzi che il mio caro maritino mi ha portato dal suo recente viaggio in Giappone!) e sono, a dir poco, diventata pazza!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dopo un'ora di lavoro per trovare la giusta altezza della sabbia (in maniera che i carboni andassero a scaldare il kama senza bruciarlo), nel tentativo di "lisciarla" ancora un po' mi è caduta la paletta proprio nel mezzo e ho dovuto ricominciare tutto da capo!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Questo enorme lavoro è servito solo ad usare i carboni per una cerimonia della durata di circa 20 minuti dopo di che ho dovuto svuotare il braciere da tutta la cenere e ripulirlo per poi riporlo. Verrebbe da chiedersi:"Ha senso fare tutta questa fatica? Non è più semplice utilizzare un braciere elettrico?".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ebbene sì: ha senso e molta importanza. Innanzi tutto il braciere elettrico non regala nessuna emozione durante la cerimonia del tè (né al maestro, né, tanto meno, agli ospiti), poi la fatica, l'attenzione e il tempo che si impiega a modellare la cenere ci serve da lezione, non tanto per la manualità, quanto per acquisire il distacco e la PAZIENZA che tanto ci manca nella vita.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-8543028128791085299?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/8543028128791085299/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/07/non-molto-tempo-fa-ho-fatto-il-mio.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/8543028128791085299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/8543028128791085299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/07/non-molto-tempo-fa-ho-fatto-il-mio.html' title=''/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IVqrUDYj58E/TDxqtCKzZwI/AAAAAAAAABE/lYfAkZCqnXM/s72-c/IMG_0921.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221341191766792778.post-3954243658710105737</id><published>2010-07-13T12:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-13T12:59:18.317+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerimonia del tè'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Omotesenke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='matcha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditazione'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arte'/><title type='text'>Inaugurazione blog</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;N&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;ella mia vita ho un'unica grande passione: l'arte in tutte le sue forme. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Per uno specifico settore artistico l'arte è diventata anche il mio lavoro, ma è rimasta la mia passione anche in tante altre forme. Una di queste è la cerimonia del té. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Studio cerimonia del tè nella scuola Omotesenke da molti anni eppure ogni giorno mi appassiona, mi aiuta, mi entusiasma e mi innamora sempre di più.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Ci sono tantissimi blog sul tè e alcuni anche sulla cerimonia del tè giapponese tuttavia ho sempre sentito fortemente la mancanza di un "supporto" per i praticanti di questa arte che fosse in lingua italiana. Mancanza alla quale ho deciso di sopperire con questo blog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Si sa che in Italia il tè non è ancora molto apprezzato e che in pochissimi conoscono l'esistenza delle cerimonie del tè tuttavia noto che sempre più persone vanno alla ricerca di forme d'arte che non siano mera "estetica del bello" ma che cambino radicalmente la vita con un approccio più meditativo che ci avvicini alla natura e ai suoi ritmi insegnandoci contemporaneamente i valori umani, il rispetto per le persone e le cose e modellando il  nostro gusto verso cose poco appariscenti ma molto ricercate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Questo blog vuole essere sia un supporto a tutti coloro che cercano informazioni dettagliate sulla cerimonia del tè in italiano che un punto di incontro per tutti coloro che già praticano cerimonia del tè in Italia, per potersi scambiare opinioni, informazioni e, perché no, incontrarsi per bere insieme una tazza di matcha.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3221341191766792778-3954243658710105737?l=cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/feeds/3954243658710105737/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/07/inaugurazione-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/3954243658710105737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3221341191766792778/posts/default/3954243658710105737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cerimoniadelte.blogspot.com/2010/07/inaugurazione-blog.html' title='Inaugurazione blog'/><author><name>Letizia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17353088570491359446</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kgxX5BRQqDE/TtJmSWz8bBI/AAAAAAAAAKc/97ducqd9F4I/s220/Album%2Bfoto%2B577.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
