2010-01-19, 06:56 PM
Especially small Japanese/Chinese tea cups? I attended a Japanese Sushi-night party on Sunday, 2 days ago. There was a total of 5 courses, and also a Japanese tea-ceremony. I got to witness one, which was really awesome. Of course most of the RSVP'ed guests were around their early 30's or older, me and a couple of my friends were there as well.
But yeah, we got a really cool wooden-cup after drinking tea with everyone. Tea definitely tastes different from a wooden-cup, I can't define why though. I know for a fact that wood tends to 'absorb' water rather well, but that doesn't explain why. I was drinking a really powerful type of Green Tea called "Macha" or something. I'll have to Google it, as well as show pictures from the Sushi-night. Hmmm
Oh, wait, it's called Matcha, here are pics I found on Google:
![[Image: matcha.jpg]](http://www.greenteagourmet.com/imgs/matcha.jpg)
![[Image: Matcha.jpg]](http://www.teazonline.com/catalog/Matcha.jpg)
Apparently, a small cup like the above, is equivalent to 6-7 powerful cups or glasses of regular green tea.
But yeah, we got a really cool wooden-cup after drinking tea with everyone. Tea definitely tastes different from a wooden-cup, I can't define why though. I know for a fact that wood tends to 'absorb' water rather well, but that doesn't explain why. I was drinking a really powerful type of Green Tea called "Macha" or something. I'll have to Google it, as well as show pictures from the Sushi-night. Hmmm
Oh, wait, it's called Matcha, here are pics I found on Google:
Apparently, a small cup like the above, is equivalent to 6-7 powerful cups or glasses of regular green tea.