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Pouring the Water (Image 1)

🖋 Calligraphy: 茶の湯の始まり

📜 Translation: "The Beginning of the Tea Ceremony"

This phrase refers to the first essential step in the Japanese tea ritual — the graceful pouring of hot water to warm and purify the tea bowl, setting the tone for quiet mindfulness.

Whisking the Matcha (Image 2)

🖋 Calligraphy: 抹茶を点てる

📜 Translation: "Whisking the Matcha"

This captures the central moment of tea preparation — frothing the green tea with a bamboo whisk (茶筅 / chasen), symbolizing precision, discipline, and harmony.

The Presentation (Image 3)

🖋 Calligraphy: 茶をたてまつる

📜 Translation: "Presenting the Tea"

A respectful offering of the prepared tea to the guest — the culmination of ritual, honor, and hospitality that defines chanoyu, the Way of Tea.