An evening tea house: a kaya goban with a warm grain, slate and shell stones, lidded bowls for prisoners, a paper lantern and a thread of incense. Every part of the visit is brewed at its own heat and time.
70 °C · 1 minute · Sencha
The gentlest guest, eager to capture and easy to read. A kind first opponent on 9×9 or 13×13; choose to hold Black or White before the opening move.
85 °C · 3 minutes · Oolong
Patient, reads shape and atari. Take back a move, pass or resign at any time. When both sides pass, the count unrolls on a hanging scroll, and the final position can be viewed with the counted points marked.
95 °C · 5 minutes · Pu-erh
Deep and slow, it weighs many futures before each move. Finishing ahead of all three teas is a seal of its own.
60 °C · each dawn · Morning problem
A capture problem picked by the date from a set of 24, with a hint and a reset. Solve on mornings in a row to build a streak, shown as a week of little cups.
80 °C · 2 minutes · Two guests
Pass the device across the table and play a friend on 9×9 or 13×13.
90 °C · 4 minutes · Scholar
Ten questions from 24 real facts about the history and rules of Go: where it began, how many stones a full set holds, the old schools and the modern machines.
75 °C · 6 minutes · Seals
Nine seals with progress: first cup, regular guest, finishing ahead of each tea, morning ritual, three mornings in a row, scholar and a full lid of 100 captured stones.
Cooling · House settings
The lantern breathes, incense drifts and dust floats in the light behind the menus. Switch off Background animation in Settings for a still room; haptics are there too.
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