07-27-2008, 08:08 AM
I'm really quite fond of macha, sencha, genmaicha...
I'm gonna go make some but first, a tea story:
I arrived at the ryokan in Hakone, and I take off my shoes and was wearing tabi, and the staff were impressed that I actually knew what tabi were. The woman who led us to our room left and we changed into our yukata. She came back about a half an hour later with tea and mochi with ume inside (yum) and was again impressed that I had brought my own yukata. I then requested to have macha served at breakfast and she said "you are very knowledgeable about Japan and our culture, you are the first foreigner to stay here to know what macha is." she then whispered something to the woman beside her and she brought in another tray of mochi and ume and some macha, as a 'you are an amazing kid so this extra tray of sweets and macha are free' thing.
Okay, now I shall get my tea.
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