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Opening jars matcha

If it is obvious that the new tea, sencha , gyokuro or another arrives in spring, it is different with matcha, or rather in reality the Tencha , which will powdered to become the matcha.
course, the tea leaves themselves are harvested and processed in Tencha spring. Then the Tencha is enclosed in a sealed jar each of which the tea master of each school put their "color" above the seal.
The precious tea and passes the summer in a cool dark place, traditionally, the jar was buried.
the autumn comes the ceremony of "opening the mouth" (口 切 茶 事 kuchikiri Chaje ), ie the seal lifted. The new matcha then got out of the jar and used for the first time.

It is extremely rare to have the chance to attend this ceremony, but a demonstration was presented to the World O-Cha Festival 2010.

First, the tea master puts his mark on the jar:

With the fall, the fate of tea-cha tsubo 茶 壷:

We leave first Tencha intended to make the usu-cha 薄 茶:

Then we leave the Tencha intended to koi-cha 浓茶, Carefully wrapped in Japanese

Finally, Tencha is ground and becomes the matcha :