Mrs Sakaguchi, Mrs Itagaki and Mrs Sato have been visiting our school. They have been teaching the school about the Japanese tea ceremony.

Many countries have tea ceremonies. We thought about the ones from our countries.

We answered three questions:
* When do we have tea ceremonies?
* Why do we drink tea?
* How do we drink it?

Korea:

In Korea we drink tea any time. We just drink hot tea in winter and cold tea in summer like that!
Maybe I don’t like all the tea. I drink not all but I maybe drink 2 or 3 and I don’t like all of my tea.
-Ha Eum

China:

We drink tea any time. We drink tea because it is tasty and it makes your day nice. We drink it normal.
– Guanyu

When: Any time; happy, sad, mad, annoyed and cold.
Why: Because it can keep us warm.
How: We get it up and drink it.
– Robin

New Zealand:

Tea is the substance that balms our lives.
We have a simple tea ceremony many times a day. We share with our family and friends in an informal way. We share with visitors in a more formal way – perhaps with cups and saucers and with biscuits or cakes instead of in a mug.
We do it because it is a way of connecting with people and a way of keeping our bodies working.
In New Zealand we drink black tea, often with milk and sugar.
-Ms Finikin