Tea ceremony (very brief one)

Guess anyone who are interested in the Japanese culture sure know about the tea ceremony.
Well, to begin with, you are being welcome by a very friendly smile...
This is a very Japanese kind of smile, with proper Japanese traditional clothes (known as kimono), the Japanese female's posing (man, never do this! at lease not when in Japan), and the very typical Japanese looks and complexion...
Feel the 和 spirit now!!!

By the way, introducing tea ceremony to foreigner is only her voluntary service; She is one of the sensei teaching Japanese language at the University of Hokkaido, the intermediate level...
I am now at the basic level, if everything goes well, then by the next semester... : )
Opps, a little astray from the topic!

Alright, here we go, dress in the blue kimono (photo below) is my friend. He is preparing tea for me, under the guiden of one of the sensei.
1st of all, by using the bamboo scoop (known as chashaku), insert one and a half scoop of green tea powder into the tea bowl (as shown below).
Then, pour some hot water into the tea bowl.
This is the very tricky part as you should fill the bowl up to only about one-firth of its volume, which leaving you pondering "Errr, is it enough?!!"
See (photo above), the 'master' is saying "Eh eh eh! hoppp!" While my friend still thinking of to pour more...

Then stir the tea powder until it's 100% dissolve !

Ready to serve!
Before the tea are serve, you are 1st presented with some sweets place on a piece of very good quality tissue paper. The right order is to take the sweets before the tea.
Anyway, I have skipped many details such like the face of the bowl are suppose to be facing the tea maker during tea making (you might want to ask "does the bowl have face?" Yes, some does), then the tea maker have to turn the bowl tree times at each interval of approximately 60 degree, so that the face of the bowl is facing the guest, before serving it, then... bla bla bla...

To be covered in the next higher tea making level... :)