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

[karmaplace]

I used my Son Chun Ho chawan for the last of my Tenkei Tori today. Over the weekend I had gone into Busan and stopped at a tea shop, where one of the owners taught me the proper way to whisk matcha. I think my whisking (and foam) has improved.

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So very, very delicious.

[David R.]

Brought back some japanese sweets from a business trip in Paris...

[Drax]

Over the weekend I had gone into Busan and stopped at a tea shop, where one of the owners taught me the proper way to whisk matcha. I think my whisking (and foam) has improved.

Wow, definitely looks great! Any pointers that you wouldn't mind sharing...?

[karmaplace]

Over the weekend I had gone into Busan and stopped at a tea shop, where one of the owners taught me the proper way to whisk matcha. I think my whisking (and foam) has improved.

Wow, definitely looks great! Any pointers that you wouldn't mind sharing...?

Well, first he did three "scrapes" against the bottom of the bowl towards him, first in the center, to the left, and then right, to get the matcha off the bottom. Then, he said to whisk quickly back and forth away from the body in the center, and count to a hundred, while holding the side the bowl with the free hand. That was pretty much the big secret. I was most surprised because he didn't dry the chawan before he put the matcha in.

[Stentor]

Brought back some japanese sweets from a business trip in Paris...

That plate/bowl is beautiful, David!
What did the sweets taste like? I don't think I've ever had any kind of Japanese sweets.

[David R.]

This is a typical japanese sweet for me : a sweet paste and inside some red bean mixed with sugar I think. Most peculiar at first, but in the end, very pleasant. I don't think that this one is made to be eaten along with matcha. Kohei on his blog presents a lot of kinds of sweets to pair with matcha.

http://everyonestea.blogspot.com/

This one is just a basic Japanese patisserie. I have heard of an address in Paris where I could get some really refined japanese cakes but prices are said to be really insane.

I had another kind this morning. I'll post photos soon.

[Stentor]

Cool, thanks David. Sounds very interesting. Definitely nothing like any sweet I've ever had. It's nice to taste something completely new every once in a while.
Looking forward to more photos!

Don't hesitate to share those addresses in Paris. I might take a look next time I'm there.

[JeiKun4114]

Brought back some japanese sweets from a business trip in Paris...

Nice Shots David I love me some tea sweets

[Tead Off]

Brought back some japanese sweets from a business trip in Paris...

That plate/bowl is beautiful, David!
What did the sweets taste like? I don't think I've ever had any kind of Japanese sweets.

Japanese sweets are a wonderful discovery. Many are made with pounded, sweet rice, which is made into a soft, chewy, outer covering with different kinds of fillings. Daifuku. I particularly love the daifuku with chestnut. I am lucky as I live in the Japanese quarter of my city which is filled with Japanese bakeries, markets, and, restaurants.

[Seeker]

Gorgeous Drax, Karma, and David! Wow!
I love's me some tea sweets too!!!!!
I wonder - what's the difference between mochi and daifuku?
I don't know very much about japanese tea sweets - but I just roll-around-hysterical love mochi with matcha!
I usually have mochi and matcha on Saturday's at Teance in Berkeley.
There's a wonderful woman who makes mochi fresh on Saturday mornings and then brings them in for them - and they are drop-dead-insane good.
Yummmmm!
(I can hardly wait until Saturday!)

[Nenugal]

Gorgeous Drax, Karma, and David! Wow!
I love's me some tea sweets too!!!!!
I wonder - what's the difference between mochi and daifuku?
I don't know very much about japanese tea sweets - but I just roll-around-hysterical love mochi with matcha!
I usually have mochi and matcha on Saturday's at Teance in Berkeley.
There's a wonderful woman who makes mochi fresh on Saturday mornings and then brings them in for them - and they are drop-dead-insane good.
Yummmmm!
(I can hardly wait until Saturday!)

Mmmmmmmmmochi - I love mochi.
I'm reminded that I have an unopened pack of green tea mochi

[Tead Off]

mochi is the pounded rice. Daifuku is mochi wrapper with filling inside. Can be red bean, chestnut, other bean, etc. The Korean version of mochi is called dteok. These can be sprinkled with powdered green tea, fine sugar, whole or ground sesame, white or black. Every maker has their own version. I think I'll have some right now.

[David R.]

Yesterday's Daifuku & Matcha, using Toshiyuki Suzuki's Daisen-yaki cups and plate (iron glaze).

[Seeker]

Thanks!
Beautiful shots David!
I just luuuuuv that 2nd one.

[Tead Off]

Looks good!