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Gyokuro and Sencha

A Sacred Ritual

Imagine a calm, sunny morning and you have purposefully set aside a quiet hour for yourself.

You have decided to brew a pot of lovely Japanese green tea.

You heat the water in the kettle to just the right temperature. You slowly pour the steamy, clear liquid into a beautifully handcrafted Japanese teapot. It already holds the proper amount of fresh green tea leaves you measured earlier. You watch the green color as it gently unfolds into the translucent water. You patiently wait to allow the tea to steep fully. When the precise brewing time has elapsed, you pour the divine green liquid into your handmade Japanese teacup.
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Carrying your sacred brew, you enter your favorite meditation space, leaving behind all life's stresses and anxieties. You knowingly sit down.

You feel the warm weight of your teacup in your palms. The fragrance of the sweet-scented Japanese green tea drifts upward and its aroma comes to reside in your sacred space. As you consciously sip your tea, you become mindfully aware of the serenity and tranquil feeling flowing from your awareness of the here and now.

You come to understand that this simple green leaf substance comes directly from a far away Japanese family farm whose purpose in life is to grow the finest tea possible for you to hold dear. You are grateful for their toil.

And, you are at peace.


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Zen, Meditation and Green Tea

Almost a thousand years ago, two Japanese Zen monks who had traveled to China in order to advance their study of Buddhism, discovered that drinking green tea not only improved their ability to meditate but also left them surprisingly refreshed and alert.

When these monks returned home, they encouraged the first wide spread acceptance and consumption of green tea in Japan. Initially, the production of green tea followed the Chinese fabrication method of pulverizing the tea leaves to a powdered form, what the Japanese came to call "Maccha."
Gyokuro and Sencha
Within Japanese Zen Buddhist monasteries, in about the 12th century, Maccha powdered green tea preparation and drinking became enshrined as the formal tea ceremony called "Sado," or "the way of tea." Buddhist monks connected the Sado ceremony to their sacred concepts of meditation, enlightenment, and aestheticism. Japanese political aristocracy and military elite who associated themselves with these Buddhist notions, embraced the Sado tea ceremony as a means of assisting the higher social classes to attain Buddhistic awareness as well.

Some unpretentious Zen monks shunned formalized tea brewing ceremonies, and what they considered as extravagant methods of tea preparation. However, they still wished to retain the proven virtues of tea drinking connected to their Zen meditations. They achieved their desire by reducing the elaborate tea ceremony to the simple act of pouring hot water over fresh green tea leaves that reposed in a small, ordinary teapot. Then, after allowing the mixture to steep a few minutes, they emptied the informal green brew from the teapot into their everyday teacup and sipped it.

These Zen monks shared with one and all their natural love of simplicity. And, they revealed the beauty of their humility through their austere example of quietly sipping tea. This humble method of unpretentious tea preparation and consumption became the manner in which all ordinary Japanese grew accustomed to drinking green tea in their homes, at work and at informal gatherings. It remains the same manner in which the Japanese enjoy drinking tea today.

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