Great video David because I have purchased a couple of very beautiful, but expensive, Chasen whisks from Tezumi, so I need to take proper care of them😊
Quick question: I’ve been running hot tap water over my chasen every morning instead of soaking it lightly. Should that be all right? PS Thanks for explaining not to get the bamboo scoop wet.
Hello. I dont know if you explained this in your video and i tried to pay as much attention as possible, but does a black or yellow (70 prong tines) make a difference in foam production when it comes to preparing usucha?
The colour of the bamboo is primarily aesthetic and doesn't have any effect on foam production. What effect it may have is on durability, with dark bamboo thought to be more durable
Simply store it straight up, making sure the base is nice and dry! You can use a shaper if you want, but as I mentioned in the vid, I prefer not to as it can lead to mould or undue stress on the tines
Yes, in theory, but it's not worth it. Firstly you can't use just any tea leaves, you need tencha which is the raw material for grinding matcha. Then you'd need a stone grinder. The small hand-powered ones aren't very effective and so it'd be very grainy. Recently, Porlex has made a decent hand grinder, but it's still not as fine as conventionally milled matcha
Uh, that Porlex Grinder looks interesting though. I've yet only known them for their coffee grinders. Do "normal" tea leaves grind differently than tencha? Or is it "just" about the taste? Also: I would find it fascinating, to use other types of tea, than green tea, for a quasi-matcha.
Their tea mill V2 does a pretty decent job. Unlike 'normal' tea leaves, tencha has been de-stemmed, de-veined and grown and processed so that the leaves are very thin and flat so that they grind easily. Stems and tightly rolled leaves would be much harder to grind, and won't be as smooth. I have had good results with white teas, like Bai mu dan
Thank you so much !
Great video David because I have purchased a couple of very beautiful, but expensive, Chasen whisks from Tezumi, so I need to take proper care of them😊
Quick question: I’ve been running hot tap water over my chasen every morning instead of soaking it lightly. Should that be all right? PS Thanks for explaining not to get the bamboo scoop wet.
That should be fine! It doesn't take too much for the bamboo to soften
Hello. I dont know if you explained this in your video and i tried to pay as much attention as possible, but does a black or yellow (70 prong tines) make a difference in foam production when it comes to preparing usucha?
The colour of the bamboo is primarily aesthetic and doesn't have any effect on foam production. What effect it may have is on durability, with dark bamboo thought to be more durable
Thank you! How do we have to store the chasen?. I do not find any information about that.
Simply store it straight up, making sure the base is nice and dry! You can use a shaper if you want, but as I mentioned in the vid, I prefer not to as it can lead to mould or undue stress on the tines
Is it possible to grind Matcha at home using tea leaves? And if yes, how?
Yes, in theory, but it's not worth it. Firstly you can't use just any tea leaves, you need tencha which is the raw material for grinding matcha. Then you'd need a stone grinder. The small hand-powered ones aren't very effective and so it'd be very grainy. Recently, Porlex has made a decent hand grinder, but it's still not as fine as conventionally milled matcha
Uh, that Porlex Grinder looks interesting though. I've yet only known them for their coffee grinders.
Do "normal" tea leaves grind differently than tencha? Or is it "just" about the taste?
Also: I would find it fascinating, to use other types of tea, than green tea, for a quasi-matcha.
Their tea mill V2 does a pretty decent job. Unlike 'normal' tea leaves, tencha has been de-stemmed, de-veined and grown and processed so that the leaves are very thin and flat so that they grind easily. Stems and tightly rolled leaves would be much harder to grind, and won't be as smooth. I have had good results with white teas, like Bai mu dan
@@tezumitea That's super interesting, thank you :)