Tea Pot Looks Too Small…

Our tea sets, usually come with 1 tea pot, and 5 cups in most cases.  Many of our customers look at the tea pot, and then the cups and ask: “This tea pot is enough for 5 of these cups?”

Or a common question we get is for the tea pots that are sold individually, they ask: “How many cups does this fill?”

Truthfully-we don’t have an answer to this question, because of the way Japanese Green Tea should be served.

Basically-you put hot water into the tea pot (first your tea leaves first), and let it sit for about a minute or so (depending on your taste preference).

Next, if you have for example 5 cups-you NEVER fill 1 cup completely, and then start filling the 2nd cup.  If you have 5 cups to fill, you pour a little in each cup evenly, then add more hot water and continue filling them each little by little.  If you pour one cup completely at a time, the 1st person will get a strong tea, and the last person will get a weak tea!  Because this is the way that Japanese green tea is served, there is no answer to the “How many cups?” question. 

Japanese tea cups are generally small so that you can continue to refill with warm water-so you can enjoy warm tea each cup!

Tags: cups, japanese, measure, serving, size, teaset

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