(This frantic research often happened at the last minute, as I scrambled to prepare for the next day’s class!) Life’s “Aha” Moments: Having struggled with this approach, I realized I needed to supplement the class instruction with online articles and videos.
My class was taught in the same traditional way my teacher had learned in Japan: by watching, observing, and establishing muscle memory through repeated practice. Since students weren’t encouraged to take notes during class, I mentally reviewed the lesson, drawing pictures and scribbling notes, as I sipped a cappuccino. Adapting:Īfter class, I stopped in the coffee shop across the street. I found the tearoom to be calming, but as a beginning-level student straining to recall each step, I also found it challenging to progress without explicit instruction. As I whisked the water, my teacher corrected my form, pointing out the placement and angle of my hand holding the bowl. I reached for the tea whisk, raising and lowering it as my teacher had demonstrated, rotating it slightly above the tea bowl with each turn. Dipping a bamboo tea scoop into the hot water, I drew out a cupful and poured it into a ceramic bowl, adding it to the green matcha powder at the bottom. The water hissed and simmered in the massive iron kettle to my left.
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