snack served with tea
Polite term for a small sweet or savory snack offered alongside green tea, especially when receiving guests.
Let's serve some snacks with tea for our guest.
This Japanese sweet is perfect as a snack with tea.
お茶 is the polite word for tea itself. お茶請け is the accompanying snack.
Standard polite spelling using 請け (receiving/hosting).
Common kana-mixed spelling; easier to write and widely seen.
Irregular kanji usage; 受け is a phonetic substitute for 請け.
Compound of お茶 (tea, with honorific prefix) and 請け (receiving, hosting), literally 'tea-receiving' snack.