Tea store BINTSUKEYA-chahop
Experience activities Japanese tea “Nihoncha”
Experience how to make delicious Japanese tea.
“BINTSUKEYA”is a long-established store in Karatsu, selling famous teas from Yame, Uji, and Karatsu to name just a few. We would like you to learn and enjoy the charms of Japanese tea through this experience.
STEP 1
Pour hot water into the cups
Pour hot water from the kettle into the teacups to warm them and cool the water.
STEP 2
Heat the teapot
Pour the hot water from the teacups into the teapot to warm it.
After the teapot has warmed up, pour that water back into the teacups.
STEP 3
ADD TEA LEAVES
Add green tea leaves into the warmed teapot.
Normally, use one teaspoon per person.
STEP 4
Pour hot water into the teapot, and wait.
Pour the hot water from teacups back into the teapot, now containing the tea leaves. Put the lid on the teapot, and wait one minute for it to brew.
STEP 5
Pour tea into the tea cups
After it has brewed, pour the tea into the teacups little by little, equally into each cup to make the taste even. Pour it till the last drop, because umami is concentrated in the last drop..
STEP 6
Drink the first brew
At first just enjoy the fragrance of fresh green tea, and then begin drinking to enjoy the umami taste of green tea.
STEP 7
Drink the second and third brews
After you have drunk the first brew, please create a ‘second brew,’ by topping up the teapot with fresh hot water. Drink and enjoy, noticing the differences in the taste and umami flavors between the first, second, and third brews.
STEP 8
Enjoy tea talks with the shopkeepers
After enjoying drinking our tea, please enjoy talking about it with us, hopefully you’ll discover a new and deeper world of tea!
- Fee:
- 500yen/person (with souvenir 1000 yen)
- Holiday:
- Obon, New years day
- Time:
- 30 minutes
- Reservation:
- necessary (please make a reservation three days in advance)
- Capacity:
- 1-4 people
- Sponsorship:
- Bintsukeya-chahoBag no Komatsuya
- Event date:
- Year round (9:00-19:00)
- Address:
- 1516 Katanamachi Karatsu
- Tel:
- 0955-72-2671
