縁高 | most formal; of which black again is most formal |
鉢物 | bowls, less formal |
盆るい | even less formal |
Level | Sweets |
---|---|
until 茶通箱 | 1 |
唐物 to 和巾 | 3 |
行の行 and 大円 | 5 |
真の行 and 大円 | 7 |
まんじゅ | あん in dough, warm or cold |
きんとん | あん pushed through a sieve, cold |
餅 | soft |
茶巾絞り | あん pressed in the 茶巾 |
せんべい | cookies |
hard sugar | often colourful and formed, knots for example |
fruit | readily edible |
For one お稽古 at Hiromi's, we had 練り切り sweets that had been brought at Toraya Paris, were frozen and thawed. They were a little bit less 'structurally sound', but fine otherwise.