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Once in awhile I'll find some small lumps in my matcha. So I decided to purchase a matcha sifter from Tributetea.com

http://www.tributetea.com/accessories_sifter.asp

I haven't received it yet as they are on spring break.

Does anyone else use a matchasifter?

Samovar

Yes, always. I have the same matcha sifter (in red)

Yeah I do, I have the same one.
It is actually kinda big, but works great.

I don't have a specific matcha sifter, but i have a sifter I use for matcha. It's just a regular little mesh strainer some people use them to pour out tea, but I use it for matcha.

Pentox wrote:I don't have a specific matcha sifter, but i have a sifter I use for matcha. It's just a regular little mesh strainer some people use them to pour out tea, but I use it for matcha.

At first I thought of using a sifter like that but I just have to have all those tea accessories!

Samovar

Samovar wrote:

Pentox wrote:I don't have a specific matcha sifter, but i have a sifter I use for matcha. It's just a regular little mesh strainer some people use them to pour out tea, but I use it for matcha.

At first I thought of using a sifter like that but I just have to have all those tea accessories!

Samovar

I know exactly how you feel, I'm probably going to get one the next time I put in an order for some matcha. I've been neglecting my matcha drinking recently to work on senchas.

Pentox wrote:

Samovar wrote:

Pentox wrote:I don't have a specific matcha sifter, but i have a sifter I use for matcha. It's just a regular little mesh strainer some people use them to pour out tea, but I use it for matcha.

At first I thought of using a sifter like that but I just have to have all those tea accessories!

Samovar

I know exactly how you feel, I'm probably going to get one the next time I put in an order for some matcha. I've been neglecting my matcha drinking recently to work on senchas.

I am currently like Pentox...for me mainly because I do not have matcha that frequently to justify spending 18 bucks on the sifter...but I will get one. I know this is inevetitable! As the sun rises everyday...

Til then, I just use a spare stainless steel infuser from a tesubin, a spare sample tin from Upton, and a little bamboo spoon. Total cost, less than a buck. Everything fits perfectly into the sample tin, almost like it was made for this purpose.

Heh, i'm not quite that bad. I'm just missing a can sifter.

I have a very similar one from Ippodo, and it works great.

I just learned to like lumps of goodness in my matcha. If I'm serving someone else I use a tea strainer and the chashaku while I'm measuring into their chawan. Now that I've ground all the matcha lovers nerves into mush I will stop sharing my practices.

I have one of the stainless-steel tea sifters on order, and can hardly wait. It's the same type that my tea sensei uses.

I bought a matcha sifter from Ippodo similar to the one Samovar ordered, but I have used it it only once. Instead, I find it so much easier to place one of these strainers in the pre-heated and dried chawan
http://www.teagschwendner.com/US/en/pub ... nt_id=1032 ,
measure out my matcha into the strainer with the chashaku, and use the chashaku to gently push the matcha through the strainer into the chawan. Since the strainer is stainless steel, I can just rinse it and air dry without worrying about rust.

I just take the tea out into one of the stainless steel filters that come with some tea pots, and then gently rub the matcha spoon on that to sift the tea.
It does the job just fine. I have seen some awesome sifters at itoen's new york store.