The Urasenke school has kept a more positive attitude than the other two Senke schools in creating new temae (tea serving manners/methods), as being represented by chabakodate (a tea serving method using tea chests) and ryureishiki (a style of tea ceremony using chairs to sit on), both invented by Gengensai, and bonryaku-date (bonryaku-type service) established by Ennosai, thirteenth head of the school.
玄々斎による茶箱点・立礼式や、13代円能斎による盆略点に代表されるように、新しい点前を作ることに対して他の二家より積極的である。