The above picture shows an incredibly sweet(!) matcha latte by Reka Nagy. You’re most likely to find her with a cup of tea in Taiwan.
Chado in Switzerland
The amount of effort that can go into matcha making is absolutely staggering and there is nobody in Switzerland who better embodies the qualities it takes to prepare such tea than Mukai-san.
In 1988, Soyu Yumi Mukai reached Tea Master grade at the prestigious Urasenke School of Tea in Kyoto. In 2002, she opened Isshin-an, the first Japanese tea room in Zurich. In 2014 she reached Professor Grade at Urasenke, and in 2019 the Japanese foreign minister himself presented her with an award for her deeds. In 2020, she retired from Isshin-an but she will continue to teach the Japanese way of tea: Chado.
Tea Ceremony for Tourists in Kyoto
A guide to tea houses in Kyoto, with dos and don’ts by Katie Lockhart.
The Camellia Tea House has two tea ceremony rooms. One in the Kiyomizudera region without a garden (Camellia Flower) and a more private one near Ryoanji with garden (Camellia Garden). As a tourist, you are bound to visit both areas.
Tango Tanimura
20th generation chasen master. (His family tradition, it is thought, even stretches back to the time before Sen No Rikyu). It is possible to take a tour in Nara nr. Kyoto with Tanimura-san.
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