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This type of sweets is called Namagashi, which is made of rice powder and bean jam.
It is served in a tea ceremony. The host select proper sweets to meet each season the ceremony is held. Autumn can be roughly divided into three periods, they are begining, mid and late. In addition, the weather shows its many different faces such as sunny, rainy, warm, cool, chilly and cold. Hosts know nature well.
Tea ceremonies are held as "onece-in-a-lifetime encounter". Sweets are a part of representing this theme.
Cosmos 秋櫻
Guests eat a sweet before having a cup of bitter green tea. Sweetness remaind in a mouth will make fresh bitterness stand out.
Ginkgo leaf with small pieces of gold foil.
銀杏葉帶著金箔片
Persimmon. This stem is a piece of walnut.
Maple leaves 雞爪槭葉
Cute bird with a ginkgo hair ornament
Chrysanthemum and its leaf 菊花
Inside is adzuki bean jam. I love it. 豆沙
精美的甜品.
ReplyDelete和果子漂亮到不捨得吃掉 (๑><๑）
ReplyDeleteThe deserts look so special
ReplyDeleteHello RTC, what beautiful pastries. I used to buy things like that here (although perhaps not quite so exquisite), but now I am cutting down on sugar. I like the red bean paste, and also green bean, white bean, and lotus seed pastes. Another sweet with tea that is popular here is 羊羹 (I don't think it even has an English name). It also comes in an array of flavors, but my favorite is chestnut, and the best ones are imported from Japan.
ReplyDelete--Jim
These look delightful, what a great idea.
ReplyDeleteOh my they look delicious, thank-you for sharing about the ceremonies.
ReplyDeleteCatherine
How exquisitely beautiful these little desserts are! I ate one at a tea ceremony in Uji when we were in Japan ten years ago. So sweet!
ReplyDeleteThese are simply beautiful and I loved your description of how they are used with the tea.
ReplyDeleteDearest RTC,
ReplyDeleteWhat a pleasant series of Namagashi, so artfully made!
That must be a feast for the palate, its sweetness before the green tea's bitterness.
Always will remember my green tea ceremony in Japan and the visit of a lady that created sweets for her shop.
Upon my departure I received a box of jelly sweets to take home to my Pieter.
Japanese sure are masters in the detail!
Hugs,
Mariette
Wonderful
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThese look so delicious. Wow!
ReplyDelete做得很漂亮🤩
ReplyDeleteThose looks delicious to eat when drinking tea!! Thanks for sharing items that I might like to eat right now!!! It has been chilly these days now but nice to see the sun again!! Have a good weekend!!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful and surely very delicious! I'd like to try them.
ReplyDeleteExquisite sweets, RTC. I can't imagine the taste of bean jam. It seems very vegetable to me. Beautifully presented.
ReplyDeleteThey are very pretty.
ReplyDeleteI love my tea so I love this post. The idea of tea ceremonies being a "once-in-a-lifetime encounter" speaks to the profound cultural significance of the event. The inclusion of Namagashi not only enhances the sensory experience but also symbolizes the beauty of fleeting moments, reflecting the ephemeral nature of both life and nature itself.
ReplyDeleteThese are particularly nice sweets. I recently received some special Halloween sweets from a Japanese friend. They weren't the type that is made of bean curd,but were instead made of a special type of sugar. Previously this friend has sent me wonderful sweets representing such things as sunshine and the night sky.
ReplyDelete靚到唔捨得食😍
ReplyDeleteThese look Yummy. I enjoyed hearing about the story behind the candies. That last one looks interesting. I think I'd try that one first. I also have a box of Autumn on my post today. ; )
ReplyDelete~Sheri
They do look good.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan