padre's new toys

[Sydney]

Build up a matcha starter kit at o-cha.

Also in the pic is a repurposed tea ball that proved its merit as a great declumper.

Tested it out with some Yame (which I reeeeally liked) and the kiri-no-mori I got in the starter kit, which I liked almost as much.

I think I'm now addicted to this gamma ray crack stuff.

[bearsbearsbears]

Cool bowl! Post a shot with frothy matcha in it!

I have a forget/rediscover cycle with matcha every 6 months or so...

[Sydney]

That would be easier to do if the frothy matcha lasted longer than 1.73 seconds.

[Space Samurai]

lol congrats.

[Salsero]

Is that the Mino Yaki bowl? if so, it looks better in your photo than on the site. Congratulations.

I'm glad to hear that the "Kiri no Mori" is good. I've been wondering where to get my replacement fix when I finish the Maiko "Matsu no Midori" that I am drinking now.

[Sydney]

Yup, it's the mino-yaki. Their pics were taken in such a way that the glaze reflected colors from the tablescape so much that the bowl's coloring is essentially lost.

I feel like the whole setup was a good expense, and the 10% discount for bundling it all into a starter set eased the burden a little, as well.

[Chip]

Congrats, Padre and welcome to the soylent green disorder ...

For the screen, I use a metal tetsubin infuser which works great. For as many Japanese and Chinese tins/canisters, I for some reason have no inclination to buy a real matcha sifter/tin.

[Pentox]

I kinda wanna get one just for the decreased amount of work for the sifting. The paddle type ones look like it would only take a few swipes as opposed to a fair amount of chashaku shovin'

[Salsero]

a fair amount of chashaku shovin'

This is the apex of laziness.

[scruffmcgruff]

I kinda wanna get one just for the decreased amount of work for the sifting. The paddle type ones look like it would only take a few swipes as opposed to a fair amount of chashaku shovin'

I don't like my paddle/sifter thing, it just kinda pushes clumps around to the edges (where it gets even harder to sift). With an infuser basket, gravity keeps all the matcha in one place so you can smoosh it through pretty easily (relatively, anyway).

[Chip]

I kinda wanna get one just for the decreased amount of work for the sifting. The paddle type ones look like it would only take a few swipes as opposed to a fair amount of chashaku shovin'

I don't like my paddle/sifter thing, it just kinda pushes clumps around to the edges (where it gets even harder to sift). With an infuser basket, gravity keeps all the matcha in one place so you can smoosh it through pretty easily (relatively, anyway).

My apparent brilliance astounds even me sometimes. Or is it my frugality.

Good to know my tetsubin purchases have paid dividends.

[Salsero]

My apparent brilliance astounds even me sometimes. Or is it my frugality.

Or TEN YEARS of tea wisdom. I have a sifter that I used once and now I use a tea strainer from TeaGschwendner and the laborious chashku method.

[Geekgirl]

I also use a tea strainer from my tetsubin, and the chashaku. If I know I am preparing for others I will sift into a natsume a little while before prep.

[Salsero]

Here is the thing from TeaGschwendner that I use. You can also use it to net small fish.

[Geekgirl]

They sell those at Uwajimaya in 5 different sizes. Heh.