ceremonial tea

American  

noun

1. a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.

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Example Sentences

“We had ceremonial tea, and they said they had been waiting for the American people for a very long time,” Brusseau says.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2021

The colored substance that had the most influence on the structure of Japanese taste is a green powder called matcha, or ceremonial tea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meeting over cups of ceremonial tea the Japanese Cotton Spinners' Federation voted unanimously to boycott raw Indian cotton.

From Time Magazine Archive

For this ceremonial tea, a special set of utensils is used, all of antique and severely simple style.

From Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition by Bacon, Alice Mabel

The ceremonial tea is conducted with great precision and is regarded as a graceful accomplishment.

From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Hunt, Eleonora