index D

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• Dobin (土瓶): A type of tea pot with a handle and a spout, used to serve sencha.

 

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• Dancha (団茶): Dancha is a solid tea made by pounding steamed tea leaves with a mortar and pestle. It is also called Tancha (磚茶) when made by solidifying black tea, green tea, etc. into a brick shape. 

 

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• Daifuku-cha (大福茶): Daifuku tea is served on New Year's Day, according to a traditional Kyoto custom, with a garnish of fuku-ume plum and fuku-konbu to pray for good health in the New Year.
  In recent years, Daifuku-cha has become available in a variety of forms, such as brown rice tea and willow tea, depending on the tea vendor.
  In some cases, it is called a combination of dried plums and kelp, which is associated with a deceased person's name.