"This is terrible" No Chill whatsoever

It's even funnier when you notice the background behind the small dude changes - indicating he has been sipping this cup of tea for at least a few hours

just wanna say Jack still knows how to do it after not having done so for presumably 50 years

"This is terrible" Yes he closed his eyes while doing it...

"This is terrible" Dude at pure silence the ending is golden 😂👌

The ceremony was originally invented so a host would prove that they weren't trying to poison the guest, and you can see it in the procedure, every instrument is displayed and cleaned in front of the guest to show that there wasn't any hidden poison.

Jack: "what is wrong with it?" The Monk: "This tea is nothing more then hot leaf juice!" Jack: ...

Something I really appreciate about this scene is the little things. The way Jack looks less calm and more utterly tired. He isn’t tranquil, he’s desperately trying to pretend to be tranquil. You can feel it, something’s off the entire time. He’s doing it all perfectly, but you can feel his tension, impatience, and just barely restrained rage screaming at him to just get this stupid thing over with. You can see the cracks in the facade just from how hard he tries to be effortless. Naturally, the result is nothing more than hot leaf juice.

My professor showed this clip in my East Asian history class. Best day in college I’ve ever had

50 years of total chaos, survival, fighting for your life, and losing your sanity. Yet jack remembers how to perform a perfectly flawless tea ceremony with 0 mistakes.

I'm surprised at how well the Japanese tea ceremony is done here! Though the tea they use in reality is a powdered green tea called Matcha.

Jack's face when the monk says "this is terrible" hits hard 😔

I love this surprisingly quiet sequence. There is only tea making, no music, no dialogue, and none of the show's signature fight scenes.

"This is terrible" *OOF*

The reason why the tea tasted bad was because it lacked the most important ingredient - BALANCE.

An explanation in case any of you fans are confused on what's going here. Tea ceremonies are a representation of harmony, respect, purity and tranquility that we must embrace, to achieve the main purpose of a tea ceremony. First the tools of the trade: The Chakin is a small retagnular linen or hemp cloth, used mainly for wiping the tea bowl.The Tea Bowl, Chawan, are used for the tea. Depending on the seasons though, the type of bowl differs. Shallow bowls are used in the Summer, deep bowls in the winter. According to the clip here, the bowl could be a shallow, since it's sometime between Spring and Summer. The Tea Caddy, Natsume-Chaire, is a small lidded container that contains the Matcha tea. Or Japanese Green Tea in English. Tea Scoop, Chashaku, is used for scooping the Matcha into the tea bowl and are sometimes made of bamboo. And Tea Whisk, Chasen, also made from bamboo at times and used to whisk the hot water and Matcha together. According to the Wikipedia article on the Tea Ceremony, "Every action in sadō - how a kettle is used, how a teacup is examined, how tea is scooped into a cup - is performed in a very specific way, and may be thought of as a procedure or technique. The procedures performed in sadō are called, collectively, temae. The act of performing these procedures during a chaji is called "doing temae"." What Jack displayed here is a perfect example of such procedures! Let's look at the type of Temae in this scene. There are four types of Temae though: Chabako Temae (Called that because the equipment is removed from and then replaced in a special box. This Temae is used for tea ceremonies outside.) Hakobi Temae (Everything is carried into the room, except the hot water kettle) Obon Temae (A simple procedure for making Usucha, thin tea, the equipment are placed on a tray and the water is prepared in a kettle known as the Tetsubin (Heated on a brazier), and this is the first Temae learned.) Ryurei, where the host and guests sit at tables and an assistant is there. Again, this is where the scene in here comes in. From the looks of it, it looks like the type of Temae is an Obon or a Hakobi. The procedures Jack does is as according to the Wikipedia article: "The host then enters, ritually cleanses each utensil-including the tea bowl, whisk, and tea scoop-in the presence of the guests in a precise order and using prescribed motions, and places them in an exact arrangement according to the particular temae procedure being performed. When the preparation of the utensils is complete, the host prepares thick tea." There's more to the procedures, but I don't think there was time, and tea ceremonies usually take minutes to hours, depending on the type of ceremony. Plus, it was just Jack and the monk. I apologize if this was long, but I figured this would lessen the confusion on the process. Here's the link to the Wikipedia article on Tea Ceremony: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony Also, you can look up videos on Tea Ceremonies on KZfaq. I highly suggest an episode from Japanology, which has a better explanation on the subject.

Like, I was thinking the whole time, this is just the art of animation. The silence of the scene allowing the scene itself to portray something simple and beautiful it it's own right. But then the monk spoke, and I realized this is comedy gold as well. The slow, silent tea ceremony was a long build up for a simple, yet brilliant punchline. Bravo to everyone who made this show what it is.

This video cleansed my soul

I just noticed the way he places the utensils on the floor; none of it is symmetrical with the lines on the floor underneath. He lacks balance from the beginning. That's an amazing detail I always overlooked until now; what amazing writing this show had!

When you let a friend peek at that passion project you been working months on.

This is surprisingly accurate to tea ceremonies. Despite them not using Matcha.

It‘s only terrible, because he didn‘t twist the cup.

It’s so amazing how much detail and respect went into the traditional Japanese aspects of Jack. It would have been easy to make a stereotypical samurai who has a funny voice and an impossibly sharp sword, but instead we have a character who feels like a real Japanese person, dealing with extraordinary circumstances through the lense of a traditional Japanese samurai, not a caricature of what Americans think samurai are like.

The most satisfying scene in the entire show, only to have Jack be insulted in front of his face

I think the key thing to watch here from a character standpoint is jacks face and expression during all this. He’s doing all the moves correctly, perfectly. But his expression and posture shows that’s all it is: robotic actions. He has forgotten why the ceremony is important and is too angry, tired and frustrated to find the balance to enjoy it. Thus, terrible

"This is terrible" Jack: "Dishonor on me! Dishonor on my cow!"

This is so soothing, and just shows how beautiful the show is. Whole scenes where nothing is spoken, only tranquil actions

ASMR Jack.

It just clicked that the tea ceremony has been virtually unchanged since Jack learned it as a child. Talk about perseverance for tradition. Traditions tend to fall out of practice, be it holidays tied to religions no longer worshipped or festivals deemed unfit with the current era, but for this to stick around after so long is a bit heartwarming.

I love how he does everything with his eyes closed he remembers this routine so well

Jack is performing a tea ceremony in his head while his bae is killing off bounty hunters and her own mom.

The sfx is massively underrated in this scene. Makes it sound very therapeutic.

This aroused me

Tartakovsky is the absolute master at creating scenes with no audio, yet are packed with so much character and emotion. I'm not a huge fan of how this season ended, but scenes like this still made it a masterpiece.

This was the most relaxing scene in the whole series

this is so soothing! thank you for taking out the fight scene.

I didn't even realize this was ASMR when i kept coming back to this scene

Scenes like this makes you appreciate aspects like sound design.

Some might find this all boring. But be assured, the Tea Ceremony (otherwise known as the Cha-no-yu or The Way of Tea) is as important for Samurai to learn as using a blade. It helps teach them discipline, focus and peace of mind; as shown when the monk said the tea lacked balance

This scene is so relaxing

He knows what to do, but there's no passion, no soul behind it. He's going through the motions like a machine, ironically making him similar to Aku's minions. Outwardly he's calm and collected, but internally he's being torn apart by self-loathing, rage and dispair.

This animation is so precise, well done.

This is surprisingly accurate they took out a few things but it’s understandable since they have a limited amount of time to actually show the ceremony

Oh no- that sad face at the end breaks my heart!

in that moment my respect to Samurai Jck and this cartoon Artist rises even more high

Meanwhile, Ashi is committing mass genocide to protect Jack

also he didn't rotate the cup. but still very nice.

Me trying my best to make breakfast for my mom on Mother’s Day.

Epic scene with an epic one liner, nice.

To give you an idea of how brilliant this scene is: From the moment Jack sits down and starts to make the tea everything, and I mean every single thing he does is either crooked, off center, or not balanced/aligned properly. You might not have seen it, but your brain did.

Love it when animated media portrays small mundane moments like this with just as much detail as they would for big action scenes.

"this is terrible" "american coffee is the best!"

"This is terrible." Video ends. Me: *Dies of laughter*

I love the seemingly accurate choreography detailing tea ceremonies

you can go through the motions, but it won't do you any good if your heart is not in it.

“This is terrible” Inner Jack: Screw you!

They really did put a lot of thought into this traditional Japanese ceremony, from the movements to the order of the rituals, they did a great job trying to show another culture traditions and arts.

The fact that, because this is animated, the ceremony execution is *_PERFECT_* makes this incredibly adorable.

I love this scene. How tranquil and peaceful it is. How much detail went into the traditional tea ceremony. And I can't help but laugh every time the monk goes "This is terrible"

"This is terrible." Jack: Why do I fail so badly...

holy crap the attention to detail here is amazing, he got every step down perfectly, from the way he snapped the towel to clean the bowl with hot water first.

All that time All the effort “This is Terrible” 😢

This scene and the one after definitely hits home for how I feel when I put effort into something just to be outright criticised for it

I love how quiet this show is, even during fight scenes

The fact that he remembers all this despite living well past his actual age.

watched this in history class

Two-minute build to one joke and it's completely worth it.

I now see why the tea sucked. That’s too much water.

jack: * makes tea * me: dang that looks pretty good monk: this is terrible me: this is terrible

:) The most relaxing scene of the 5th season.

Millions of kids got introduced to the Japanese Tea Ceremony through Samurai Jack.

Your asmr video hosted by samurai jack. The end was a nice touch it made me laugh.

It's amazing. You get the feeling that this is important. No words are said but it's the feeling one gets knowing that this is a special ceremoney and it has a lot of messages.

One part of me is calm and relaxed while the other part of me is screaming at him to make the fucking tea already.

I love the silence in this scene despite all the chaos he face in his life. He still remain calm.

6 years ago... Time have effect on me... Cheers to all fans 🍻

I love that entire scene. Just that entire build up of him working on the tea, then that guy just saying it’s terrible just cracks me up

*T E R R I B L E*

Mad impressive he recalls something he probably hasn’t done since his youth during more happy times.

This is discipline in it self. It tests the patience...

i was not expecting him to say that at the end lol i think i cried

He did all that just to be insulted lol But it was to help Jack realize what was wrong with him and regains who he was before he started doubting himself

Comedy aside, the level of detail devoted to the ceremony -- down to the order in which the utensils are laid out and the the formal wiping of the chashaku and chawan -- is lovely.

Monk: THIS TEA IS NOTHING MORE THAN HOT LEAF JUICE

"This is terrible" I did not expect that, at all..

Samurai Jack just got prank'd!

Regardless the actual turmoil inside Jack when he's making the tea, this is what chill looks and feels like to me.

I remember my group was assigned a project about Tea Ceremonies and for the video we were supposed to provide, we showed this scene. God I feel old.

ASMRai Jack

I was having a nice relaxing session Old Man: This is terrible! Me (bolting upright in bed) AHAHAHAHHA

Definitely a well aged show

Really nice touch that there is no music added.

Remember, Ashi is fighting her mother's army while this is going on.

Monk: drinks tea with his eyes closed and finishes the tea with no disgust. Also Monk: This is terrible.

A tea ceremony with Genndy Tartakovsky’s pacing is something I never knew I needed

Hard to believe this was seven years ago.

Can your heart take the excitement?

"this is terrible" "3:>"

Well, at least he’s honest.

The tea even though done ceremonially, it’s taste and quality mirrored the one who created it.