holds this . , a long-stemmed smoking pipe. The host provides this with the . Sweet-related items , the "main sweet", is served before . They might be served in , stacked boxes of up to five with one lid, a sort of medium level of formality. How many are used would depend on the number of guests at the tea ceremony. A or is a utensil used for cutting and eating sweets. There are two common types: a shorter metal style, and a longer wooden style called after the type of tree they are traditionally made from. Tea bowls are bowls used for making and drinking tea. They can be classified by country of origin, by potter or kiln, by shape, or by the type of tea they are designed to hold. Tea containers Tea containers refers to the small lidded caddies that are used to hold the powdered green tea () for the tea-making procedure () in . The term literally translates as "tea implement," but in the vocabulary of it usually implies the small lidded caddies that are used to hold the for the tea-making procedure for (thin tea). All tea containers for may be called . usually are of lacquered or plain wood, although not necessarily so. Commonly they are of a variety of shape called , and so all tend to be loosely referred to as . and other forms of are classified by size or shape. The ceramic caddies usually used to hold the powdered green tea for the procedure to make (thick tea) are basically referred to as . They may also be referred to as . are classified according to country of origin: import (), Japan (), or "island-make" (). The ones are classified by potter, region, or kiln. All are also classified according to shape. Tea scoops ; also called tea spoon(s), are used to transfer the powdered tea from the tea container () to the tea bowl (). Typically, tea scoops are made of a narrow, thin piece of bamboo, although there are also those made of wood or ivory. They are generally about in length. The original ones imported to Japan from China were ivory. Tea masters in Japan have traditionally carved their own bamboo , providing them with a bamboo storage tube () as well as a poetic name () that will often be inscribed on the storage