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Bamboo spoon

Bamboo spoon

Category: Matcha Traditionally
Code: G119
Description: Traditional preparation of matcha requires traditional tools. One of them is chashaku, a bamboo teaspoon. Join us on our trip back in time and enjoy your matcha in traditional authentic style. One spoon of chashaku is close to one gram of matcha.

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Description

Why do I need chashaku?

♥ a perfect instrument
♥ from one piece of bamboo
♥ perfect dosage of matcha

An instrument brought to perfection

Chashaku bamboo spoon is a skilfully created instrument for the traditional preparation of matcha tea. Because the old masters had already brought it to perfection, its shape has not changed in the last 500 years. Not even the smallest teaspoon can be a match for this bamboo spoon. One chashaku spoon contains about 1 gram of matcha, which is an optimum amount of the tea powder. It allows for adequate control over the intensity of matcha tea and its carefully crafted shape enables to easily scoop matcha from the tin, from the natsume tea container, or from the sachet.

Product parameters

Product EAN	8594169251028
Product weight brutto (g)	3
Product dimensions w/h/d (mm)	70 × 170 × 40
Product origin	EU
Producer	Maoci

Preparation

What does a traditional tea ceremony look like?

Tea ceremony in Japan has more than 800 years long history. Every step has a precise set of rules and the ceremony itself can take up to several hours. At the beginning, a chashaku (a bamboo spoon) of matcha is put into tea bowl (chawan). A little of 70 °C hot water is poured into the chawan and it is whisked by a bamboo whisk, chasen, by hand. Then, the rest of the water is added and matcha is whisked by chasen to a firm foam.

Traditionally, the preparation takes two forms:

Gentler variant called usucha is made from two spoons of chashaku and 70 ml of water. Matcha is energetically whisked in the shape of the letter M, until bubbles appear on the surface.
Koicha, stronger tea, is prepared from 3-4 spoons of chashaku and 40 ml of water. Koicha has denser consistency. It is stirred with a gentle circular motion and there are no bubbles on the surface.