Today's MatchaWan :D (new name, but tea's the same)

[karmaplace]

My order of matcha arrived yesterday, so I brought out the angler fish for some celebratory "couple's matcha". We tried Yuuki-Cha's Shizuoka sakuraka matcha, which has a really nice aroma and came out tasting sweet and light, a nice change from the old yuuki konjo.

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I have a feeling these fish will always be angry with us for drinking their matcha.

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[time]

Today I took my matcha out of my tea carbinet and enjoy the greeny stuff

[karmaplace]

Looks delicious! Now I'm thirsty for more matcha!

[Saladin]

I made a big bowl this morning to share with my girlfriend. It's another old bowl from about twelve years ago when I was working in Boston. I think I make better pottery than tea...

[karmaplace]

I tried out Yuuki-Cha's Uji Tenkei Tori today. I was first surprised by the brightness of the dry matcha, and then even more surprised by its deep emerald color as a liquid. Can you see the grin?

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this matcha is very very happy

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My one issue was that I wasn't getting as much foam as I expected. Has anyone had this matcha before? Any suggestions for getting it nice and foam-y?

[Saladin]

I tried out Yuuki-Cha's Uji Tenkei Tori today. I was first surprised by the brightness of the dry matcha, and then even more surprised by its deep emerald color as a liquid. Can you see the grin?

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My one issue was that I wasn't getting as much foam as I expected. Has anyone had this matcha before? Any suggestions for getting it nice and foam-y?

Looks good even without the foam. I'm foam-challenged alas, I can not be of help.

[Seeker]

Matcha!
Wow - great shots!
Thank you for sharing your matcha sessions.
Nice to see the anglers again karma, and yes they do look a little angry.
i really like that curved wooden 'chataku' time!
I've enjoyed the tenkei tori and had no problem with foam - tho with a really shallow summer chawan the vigorous whisking necessary for good foam is almost impossible (for me anyway).
Also for good foam, i find i need the right ratio of matcha to water - too little matcha = little/no foam.

[karmaplace]

I've enjoyed the tenkei tori and had no problem with foam - tho with a really shallow summer chawan the vigorous whisking necessary for good foam is almost impossible (for me anyway).
Also for good foam, i find i need the right ratio of matcha to water - too little matcha = little/no foam.

I made some again this morning, some for me and some for my boyfriend, and I accidentally added a little more matcha to my bowl than his. After I whisked in the water, mine was definitely more foamy! I really like the taste of this matcha with or without the foam though (and he's still new to matcha and doesn't really notice a difference), so no harm done.

Thanks for the advice. I'll be a little more liberal with my scoops of matcha in the future.

[Stentor]

To me, these two posts from this highly recommended blog were very helpful regarding how much matcha powder and water to use:

http://everyonestea.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... r-and.html

http://everyonestea.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... ients.html

Bonus picture of a recent matcha session with O-Cha's Kaoru Supreme and a Seigan Blue Tebineri Yunomi which works great as a matchawan!

[Seeker]

You are very welcome karma! And congrats on your success with creating foam.
Thank you for the great links stentor, and great shot of your tebineri!

[time]

Today is tea time again.

This time is the origin of all chados - the Chinese Song Dynasty 宋代茶道 mocha chadao (matcha chado) with a nice tianmu/tinmok/Jianyan/tenmoku-chawan. The bowl is easy to whisp.

Although this matcha chado began much earlier, it was in Song dynasty this chado was fully established and exported to Japan.

I am glad Japan has kept the matcha!
I also use tenkei tori matcha. No problem with the foams.
Lovely samidori-matcha in a lovely ancient atmosphere.

[Seeker]

Wow - beautiful Time!
Thank you for laying out a bit of chado history for us.
The matcha really pops visually in the chawan in your shot.
I love the pattern of blacks on that chawan as well.

[amorphiss]

Hagi chawan and some tasty wagashi

[karmaplace]

Hagi chawan and some tasty wagashi

Can I have matcha with you sometime? Looks delish.

[Saladin]

This is a pretty crummy photo but the tea was nice.