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点前

  • It's 濃茶 using a special water, using a 鶴瓶水指(つるべ).
  • The main difference is that the guests get to taste the water before you prepare 濃茶.

名水

  • In Zurich, tap water is 70 % lake, 15 % ground water and 15 % from the source. 320 of its 1200 wells are fed directly from the sources; which are listed here.

Preparation

  • You don't do 運ぶ with this one.
  • You need to decorate the つるべ
  • Burkus explains that because the lid could wilt and dust enter, it was usual to place something like a 香合 on top of it.
  • It should be sufficiently wet, and wrapped with a special cord, and the specially cut paper decoration.

点前

  • after the first bow, the guest says:

「お見受け(みうけ) いたしますと、名水 を 御心配(しんぱい) いただいた よう で ございます が、お水 を 頂戴(ちょうだい) いたしたい と 思います 」(I see you troubled yourself to get some famous water, so I would like to taste it).

  • Proceed to unpack the 茶碗 and purify the 茶入; but:
  • 茶巾 is put on the lid side closest to the , 帛紗 is tucked away, then the lid with the 茶巾 on it is opened by pulling it away and placing it on the other side: First pull the lid forward with R from its far side enough that you can grab its front with two hands. Pull it out completely, then put onto right side (with the 茶巾 on top).
  • Directly afterwards, cold water is scooped and served to the guest. (You need to re-hold the 柄杓 to put it on the 蓋置.) After the first sip of the second guest, the main guest inquires about the water's origin (⁉️ so I guess they all drink from the same bowl one sip each)
  • Bowl comes back, everyone bows.
  • Bowl is then rinsed once with hot water (open the lid with the bare hands), then hot water is added again for 茶筅通し and everything proceeds as always.
  • Lid is closed as it is opened, with the last bit pushed in with the R thumb.
  • In the book they take out the 水指, but Burkus said it was left in the room because of seepage.
  • The 水指 can also be used without 名水, in which case there are no decorations, and it can be decorated with 柄杓 and 蓋置 (including 湯返し).