Shiwa Purple Mino-yaki Yunomi - Japanese Teacup Matcha Bowl and dried Sakura blossom petals

and dried Sakura blossom petals from the tea factory Chasandai in Shimane Prefecture

this means that any water that gets on it should be wiped off immediately

Organic Japanese Oolong tea is a very rare Japanese tea only cultivated in very small amounts by very few specialized organic tea farmers in Japan

This wooden tea scoop known as a chasaji (茶さじ - tea scoop) is made using a  traditional kabazaiku (樺細工) technique in which a thin veneer of hand-scraped and polished cherry bark is carefully applied to a wooden core

Shiwa Purple Mino-yaki Yunomi - Japanese Teacup Matcha Bowl and dried Sakura blossom petalsMinoware, or Mino yaki refers to Japanese pottery that was produced in Mino Province around the towns of Tajimi, Toki, Mizunami, and Kawagoei in Gifu Prefecture. Made using the soil of Gifu Prefecture, Minoyaki is the oldest pottery found in Japan and originated in the 7th century. Throughout Japan's tea ceremony culture, a common purpose is to pursue the natural state of beauty. Thus you will often see teacups and ceramics formed using natural and