It is produced by charring twigs of azalea, camellia, or some variety of oak, and then coating them with a lime substance made of powdered seashells. Charcoal container The is the container in which the host places the charcoal and charcoal-laying implements for transporting them to and from the tea room for the charcoal-laying procedure. Many are made of basketry. Charcoal carrier is a charcoal container used in the preparation room, and not considered a formal piece of equipment. It is brought into the tea room if the charcoal in the portable brazier or sunken hearth requires replenishing. It is box-shaped, has a handle, and is made of wood—usually mulberry wood. Charcoal starter Feather brooms is a feather broom with a number of styles. The kind composed of three layered feathers and referred to therefore as is used to dust off the portable brazier or sunken hearth during the charcoal-laying procedure. It is part of the set of equipment carried into the tea room with the charcoal container (). Other kinds of feather brooms are used for sweeping the tea room. are metal chopsticks used to handle charcoal. Incense container is a small lidded container for the incense that is added to the charcoal fire during the charcoal-laying procedure. For the kneaded incense () that is used in a sunken hearth (), the container is generally made of ceramic. For the chips of incense wood () used in a portable brazier (), it is generally made of lacquer ware or plain wood. There are also incense containers made of clam shells. Cloth items A is a small rectangular white linen or hemp cloth mainly used to wipe the tea bowl. There are two main sizes: large and small. Usually the plain term is used in reference to the small size, which is approximately long and wide. The raw edges on the lengthwise sides have a narrow rolled hem finished with overlock stitching. These two hems face opposite sides of the cloth. A is, like a , a double layer patterned silk cloth approximately square, with a fold on one edge and the other three edges sewn together so the stitching is invisible. It is used by Omotesenke practitioners in the same way as the : the host and the guests each carry one, which is kept in the breast of the kimono. It is sometimes used by guests to protect