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Spring arrived before I hibernate...
Hello! This is the Cooking Bear Channel.
Today, I will learn about the simple way to enjoy Japanese tea from “Hannari-Sensei”!
Well, let’s get started. Nice to meet you.
Yes, Kuma-chan. Nice to meet you, too.
Hannari-Sensei, please tell me about the tools used in making tea.
Certainly. This is called “Chasen (a tea whisk)”.
Oh! A whisk!
This is made from bamboo.
Really? From bamboo!? Cool. It looks just like a ***.
I think so too. Next, this is “Chashaku (a tea scoop)”. It’s used to scoop green tea.
A tea scoop... Is this also...?
Yes, it’ s made from bamboo.
Wow! Bamboos are cool!
Ha ha.
This is “Chawan (a tea cup)”, and you put the green tea in this. The part with the pattern comes in front.
The front.
And the part without it is the back.
Okay.
When we face guests, the front part has to be facing them.
That’s what we call a Japanese hospitality!
Exactly. And this is the green tea we will be using.
How’s it different from the normal green tea we drink often?
Middle grade tea that we drink often is made by kneading the leaves and drying them. You can drink it after brewing it with hot water.
This green tea is dried without kneading, and is made into powder with a mill. You drink it by melting it into hot water.
To be simple, this green tea is made with more time and effort.
That’s why they’re expensive.
Oh, are you going to start?
So this is the green tea.
This green tea is a very small tea powder.
Really? Achoo!
Oops, seems like there’s a sneezing bear in here.
Put about 2 scoops of tea into the tea cup with the tea scoop.
Tap it once at the end,
Tap
to drop the tea.
Next, pour the hot water that Chef boiled for us.
Pouring, pouring, pouring...
It should be about 150ml.
Then, put the cup down so that the front is facing you, and we will start stirring.
It is usually stirred with the right hand, but since we are recording, I will use my left hand.
Remember, it’s actually the right hand!
Okay, here I go.
Wow! Really fast! Is it always like this? I can’t keep up with it.
It’s ultrafast mixing.
Well, it’s faster than Ichiro’s pitching.
Then for the finish, crush the bubbles on the surface and make whips on the center. Then it’s finished.
Wow! It’s beautiful like a latte.
Yes it is. It’s an artisan skill, just like Ichiro.
Then, turn the front part of the tea cup with fresh made tea clockwise once or twice, and make it face Kuma-chan.
Now it’s facing me.
Then go ahead.
Okay, thank you for the tea.
Hmm, I can’t grasp it.
Then Chef, please turn the tea cup twice clockwise so that the back side is facing Kuma-chan. Be careful not to spoil the front pattern.
One bow.
Glug, glug, glug...
Oh!
What is this feeling?
Really quiet and calm...
Yes, it’s like outer space.
Can you see the small stars?
Kuma-chan, are you okay?
Have you gone to paradise?
What! That was close. I almost went somewhere else.
So you have been to a different world.
Oh!
Where...is this?
I get it, it’s a beautiful ocean in the southern island.
Now I’m with the dolphins swimming freely
I understand. Come back, now.
Oops, I’ve been there again.
Delicious, isn’t it?
Green teas are awesome!
Now wipe off where you drunk and say the greeting.
It was delicious, thank you.
At the end, turn the cup twice clockwise and make the front face you. Then give the cup back.
By the way, you talk a lot for a bear.
Thank you so much, Hannari-Sensei!
Thank you.
Be elegant.
Thank you for watching.
And congratulations to freshmen in schools and companies!
April brings some new feelings. Makes me refreshed.
By the way, did you go see the cherry blossoms this year?
There’s a path with cherry trees near my house, so I went there.
I’ll finish off today with that video!
See you next time♪