Chef at Home

The bamboo box is the container for all of the various components needed to prepare and serve the Matcha green tea.

The waitress will enter the tatami room with a closed box and will use the cover as a serving tray to make the preparation. She will place the box on the tatami mat, and make the tea next to the guest.

The contents: a tea pot for the hot water which is served at 85-degrees Celsius, super premium Matcha (hand picked leaves, smooth and mellow with a deep taste and excellent noble aroma), a tea sifter, a small spoon to measure the tea, a bamboo whisk with a whisk holder, and lastly, the serving bowl. The tea is first sifted to remove all of the clumps. Four serving spoons per serving cup are place in the cup, then about 20 grams of water are poured over the tea and whisked to dissolve the powder into the liquid. An additional 20 grams of water are poured over to fulfill the measure and whisked again until the mixture becomes frothy.

Japanese tea sifter

Bamboo whisk

 
Matcha measuring serving spoon or Chashaku

Tea pot or kyusu. It has been created by a hand skilled artisan, Mr Futoshi Sawada in the Tokoname region in Japan.

 Bowl or Roku yaki made at Shohraku kiln. It feels very soft and warm to the touch by hand or mouth.

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