嗅かぎ茶ちゃ

noun

tea tasting; tea-tasting

A traditional practice where participants identify different tea varieties by scent alone, often as a game or ceremony. Compare 聞き茶 (ききちゃ), which is the more common term for tea tasting by flavor.

See also: 利き茶 (ききちゃ)

• 茶さ道どうの稽けい古こで嗅かぎ茶ちゃを体たい験けんした。

  I experienced tea tasting by scent during tea ceremony practice.

• 嗅かぎ茶ちゃでは、香かおりだけで茶ちゃの種しゅ類るいを当あてる。

  In tea tasting by scent, you identify the type of tea only by its aroma.