Matcha: kampai ! sake + tea

The contrast of the samurai as one part warrior and one part cultivated gentlemen was echoed in customs of drinking sake and tea. Samurai were active participants in shaping the development of tea practice called chanoyu. Join members of two Bay Area Japanese tea groups, Urasenke San Francisco Association and Omotesenke Domonkai, to whisk and drink your own bowl of powdered green tea, also known as matcha, the namesake of the MATCHA program series. Observe tea demonstrations in the museums Japanese tea room on the second floor.