Today , the earthenware chaire (tea container ) for powdered green tea is called koicha-ki (tea utensil for thick tea ) while the lacquer ware chaire is called usucha-ki (tea utensil for light tea ), but natsume is often used as the generic name for a container for usucha (see the item for usucha-ki for its history .) 現在では抹茶を入れる陶器製の茶入(濃茶器)に対して、抹茶を入れる塗物の器を薄茶器(薄器)と呼ぶが、棗がこの薄茶器の総称として用いられてしまう場合も多い(その歴史に関しては薄茶器の項目を参照)。