Bamboo Tea Scoop [茶杓]
This chashaku (bamboo tea scoop) is the traditional tool for measuring matcha powder into a chawan (tea bowl). The thin, gracefully curved profile is shaped to lift powder cleanly without crushing it.
One scoop equals roughly 1g, the standard portion for a single bowl of usucha (thin tea). Bamboo is lighter and gentler on the powder than a metal spoon, and the form is the same one used in chado (tea ceremony) practice. Wipe clean with a dry cloth; avoid soaking.
From Ippodo Tea, in Kyoto since 1717.
This chashaku (bamboo tea scoop) is the traditional tool for measuring matcha powder into a chawan (tea bowl). The thin, gracefully curved profile is shaped to lift powder cleanly without crushing it.
One scoop equals roughly 1g, the standard portion for a single bowl of usucha (thin tea). Bamboo is lighter and gentler on the powder than a metal spoon, and the form is the same one used in chado (tea ceremony) practice. Wipe clean with a dry cloth; avoid soaking.
From Ippodo Tea, in Kyoto since 1717.