Yunomi: A Tea Cup Without a Handle If the idea of a teacup without a handle baffles you, you’re not alone. For many Westerners, it might be similar to the first time you saw chopsticks and wondered how they were used. For centuries, the Chinese have brewed and served tea in a handle-less teacup or…
Drinking tea straight from a teapot is not generally considered a dignified thing to do. Instead, most humans use cups and bowls, and the highly formal Japanese tea ceremony, or cha no yu (茶の湯) is no exception. The bowls used are called chawan (茶碗), and are arguably the centrepiece of the tea ceremony as far…