In the first style of tea ceremony, the place where the tea was produced was guessed while enjoying beautifully made tea cups, but later the action of drinking the tea itself came to be valued mentally through its prevalence.
名器を並べて観賞し、茶の産地を飲み当てる茶は、その流行のなかから次第に茶をたてて飲む行為そのものに、精神的意義を認めるようになった。