ʻOiai ʻo kēia ka solstice kauwela, ʻōmaʻomaʻo mau nā kīhāpai kī a paʻa ka ʻohi ʻana. I ka maikaʻi o ke anā, aʻOhi kīMīkini aʻOhi Kiʻi Batrikaʻa i hope a i waho i ka māla kī, a ʻohi koke i ke kī i loko o ka ʻeke lole nui o ka mea ʻohi. Wahi a ka poʻe mahiʻai o ka ʻāina, i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala aku nei, i nā manawa a pau e ʻohi ʻia ai ke kī puna, ua popopo ka ti o ke kauwela a me ka hāʻule ʻana a ʻaʻohe mea mālama iā lākou. Akā i kēia manawa me ka hana ʻana o ka ʻohi kī, ke ʻimi nei nā hui kī e kūʻai iā lākou.

Ma hope o ka ʻohi ʻia ʻana o nā lau kīʻOhi Lau kī, lawe ʻia lākou i nā ʻoihana hoʻoponopono kī kūloko. Ke hana nei kahi laina hana kī kī ʻeleʻele akamai i loko o kahi hui kī i ka piha piha. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea nāna i mālama i ka hui, ʻo ia ka manawa kiʻekiʻe o ka hana ʻana o ka ʻoihana, e hana ana ma kahi o 40 tons o nā lau hou i kēlā me kēia lā, a hana i 8 tons o ka ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO kēia mau lau hou ka lau ma hope o ke ʻoki ʻia ʻana o ke kumulāʻau ti.

Me kaMekini Ohi Tia me ka ʻenehana hoʻoponopono kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole i popopo ke kī Xiaqiu, a ua lilo ke kino holoʻokoʻa i waiwai. I ke kauwela a me ka hāʻule, hoʻohana ka poʻe mahiʻai i nā mīkini e ʻohi i nā lau kī a kūʻai aku i nā ʻoihana me nā ʻōpala. Hoʻohana nā ʻoihana i kēia mau lau kī a me nā kumu e hana ai i ka matcha, sencha, a me ka hojicha, i hoʻolako ʻia i nā hui kī wai nui like ʻole a puni ka makahiki, a ua hoʻonui ʻia ka loaʻa kālā no ka mu o ka māla kī. ʻO nā lau he ʻōpuʻu hoʻokahi a ʻelima lau, hoʻohana ʻia ia mau mea āpau ma ke ʻano matcha. Hoʻomaloʻo ʻia nā ʻōpala i koe no ka lua o ka manawa a laila kalua ʻia e hana ai i Hojicha.

 Mīkini ʻohi kīa ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻenehana hana kīʻaha, a ʻoi aku ka maʻamau a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka pae hana. ʻO ka hana ʻana o ka ʻenehana koho kī a me ka ʻenehana hoʻoponopono holomua ʻaʻole ia e popopo hou.