THE MAKING(English Version)(269)The Making of Matcha and Bamboo Tea Whisks
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2015
- This series follows the technology used to make products we regularly come in contact with, explaining its contents and related science and technology. In this episode we introduce bamboo tea whisks and matcha.
To make matcha, tea leaves are grinded with stone mills. The tool used to stir matcha with hot water in a tea ceremony is called a bamboo tea whisk. The material used, a pliable type of bamboo, is split into very thin pieces. The ends are finally checked by hand for thinness. 
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I'm so impressed by the attention to detail and craftsmanship into making just one whisk. The Japanese artisans are in a league of their own. I have a new found appreciation for the Japanese Tea Ceremony.
It would be interesting to hear the reasons why the whisk can only be used 10 times, because I use mine for 10 years now. Yes, you need to take care of it, dry it every time and occasionally bend the bristles back in shape, but it still works perfect, like the day I bought it.
Folks, always remember to soften your beautiful chasen in warm water for a while before using - it should then last a lot longer than 10 uses!
This is a work of art. The patience these people have. AMAZING!
I can't believe after all that crafting it can only be used 10 times
I know right?!
Jarrett what are you doing here!?
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Mr. Red Bird
That must have been expensive
Actually for a real Tea Ceremony, they are used only once .
This is actually the only item or utensil in the tea ceremony that can only be used once , and yet it is the most difficult one to produce .
This makes the Chasen very endearing to their users, but also very lucrative for their makers !
You can use them more often. Most people use them for a year and burn them at a temple by the change of a year.
I have a pretty old one that is at least 20 years old although it seem like it hasn't been used much (it was given to me by a friend).
The comment that it will only be used once for a proper tea ceremony is correct though but most practitioners I know use that one for their tea ceremony lessons or at home until the tips start breaking. If you take good care of it it can last quite a while :)
And if you bought a nice one you can make very pretty chopstickrests from the handle part after it is too broken to be used anymore :)
Fascinating video - anyone wondering why traditional Chasen seem expensive should definitely watch this!
Wow ! The people who make the whisks are true craftsman !
Look at the craftsman making the whisk.... bamboo is strong as hell and he’s working all day with razor edges, not one single cut on his hands... true craftsman
Idk why but the mechanical hand shoving the airtight lids onto the can of Matcha sounds n looks so cute~ It's like it's saying "here, take it hmmph!" *insert the cute metal noise*
Ok nuff rambling..thanks for sharing this informative n calming video ^^
thank you so much for uploading these, I love the series!
The Japanese always make the loveliest things out of nature. They have a style that is like no other in the world. I wonder if they know of unique they are. Plus, threw the generations they have kept the techniques alive.
I’ve spent a lot of time in Japan and believe me, the Japanese are very aware of how special and unique they are. You don’t have to worry about them and their self-esteem… Trust me!
Thank you for this wonderful video! The craftsmanship required to make these beautiful whisks is daunting. Another example of the way fine art is incorporated into Japanese culture.
I am so fascinated by all this handcrafted goodness that I'm procrastinating doing everything today. This is just amazing.
I just ordered a Whisk, then I came to YT to see, understand, and learn how ta use it. Then I saw this video and mental note to self: keep & treat that whisk (Chasen?) like a piece of rare gold. Hats off to the makers!
It's been done for thousands of years this is the Japanese way they so clever and intelligent to make what they need out of all kinds of natural things
Beautiful, a piece of art
Wow Wow thats amazing this vídeo and the others, many thanks!!
a culture of art and ingenuity, a beautiful video
That is mindblowing😄
Very beautiful piece of art
Art at its best finest japanese discipline is really commandable
Wow that's so cool! It looks like it takes forever... maybe I could try it some day when I'm old and have a lot of free time. 🍵
is amazing the time and dedication they put in making this tea and craft of this items out of bamboo. is all beautiful art.
This is of full art of making tea
This was so wonderful to watch. I think I want to try to make one of the whisks (the only problem is aging that bamboo...). Talk about a project tho!
Thanks so much for this interesting Video
Amazing channel. Subscribed. 👍
So mesmerizing
No wonder these things are expensive. I did not realize they are made by hand.
So beautiful I love japonesa culture
what you loved is from china
"these can only be used ten times"
Me: WHAAAAAT?!
Actually for a real Tea Ceremony, they are used only once .
This is actually the only item or utensil in the tea ceremony that can only be used once , and yet it is the most difficult one to produce .
This makes the Chasen very endearing to their users, but also very lucrative for their makers !
Nice to see the English version of these videos. Now where can I find the Furigana above these English words? XD
I have a new appreciation for my matcha chasen. The making of these by Japanese artisans is incredible. I do have one question about this video. It is my understanding that Matcha is very sensitive to light and air which is why airtight containers are recommended. My question is doesn't the open air and light affect the quality of the final tea during the manufacturing process?
if i had to do that for a living id break. unless i was charging £1000 a chasen
wow...
After watching this, now I want to drink matcha ....
"Although it takes so much effort to hand-craft the whisks, these can only be used about ten times." The creators of these whisks are often despondent, and cry fitfully in the night.
if only school could be as well explained as these videos
Wow
oh my found my fav brand , yamamasa koyamaen in making matcha
"Bring me the hos"
10 times?? no-no-no. Maybe at the Emperor´s House 😄 in my house we have been using the same whisker for years! I apologise, but that is the way it is. It still working 😉
I think the sharp knife is helping this craftsman work ...
good😄😄
I can imagine me and my arthritic hands spending about three or four days making one of these! I would think that there would be some kind of metal device that you could create that you could just go tab, tab, tab and it would be all done.
i wonder if you could use this same process on other types of tea
The music made me feel like I was having a realllly weird dream
nice marukyu koyamaen
Japan is a country that things will done in rigorous ways you can imagine
You know the Japanese with all their precision in processes, they could sort some killer weed
I have looked everywhere.. what type of pliable bamboo is used to make chasens?
I had no idea that so much effort is required to make the tea whisk!
I screamed when he split the splines omg thats dangerous only professionals can do this
during the process, the whisk should could be use for many years, the quality and authentic and master,
somehow depend how the standart of ppl using it. could be use fot 1 time or 100 times, however its a bamboo that could absore taste and color.
How much do those exquisite whisks cost? Stunning craftsmanship.
Samantha
Around 1800 to 2500 yen depending on where you buy it from
All very good, amazing skills and patience but when you wanna cuppa tea? You wanna cuppa tea. Milk , 2 sugars and don't forget the teabag, please.
I have a quick question.
I used to be an avid tea drinker, but in 1996 I developed an allergy to the regular type of Teas, so I'm wondering since this is different than normal typed of tea is there a possibility that I could drink that?
Can it be drunk hot or cold?
Chris Ferrets This is made from the same "stuff" as regular teas, so possibly not... But chamomile tea, the red tea from Africa whose name I can't remember right now, and I believe Sassafras tea aren't made from the tea plant, so they'd probably be okay. look up old American tea recipes, from like the settler days. they made Teas from lots of stuff. Even pine needles can be made into a tea that's a delicious source of vitamin c, and can be used to prevent scurvy on sea voyages or in cold climates. oh, and don't forget rose hip tea, made from part of the rose flower! also very good, high in vitamin c, and not related to camelia sinensis (the "true" tea plant.) There are a lot of true-tea-plant alternatives around, we just don't use them anymore. In general, any caffeine-free "herbal tea" is probably good to go. Try going to one of those little hippie healthfood stores that most towns have and asking around, someone there will probably be able to help more.
seagirl seagirl Red tea from Africa = Rooibos.
Bridgett Lane Thank you! it slipped my mind.
There's a South American tea like beverage called maté (?). I'm almost certain it's not camelia sinensis, and has caffeine, but it's been awhile.
I've had cold drinks with it in it like matcha frappes, but I've never seen just cold matcha
Allot to be said without even saying a word.
what the name of those music please :)
What's the song name?? I feel like I recognized it from a game from my childhood but I could be wrong though.
One of the tracks sounds like the track that plays in castlevania symphony of the night, in the caverns
I didn't know that you can only use it 10 times I thought you can use it more than that
+Ashley johnson I do. You just have to be careful when whisking and cleaning it, and pre-soak the tines to make them more flexible so the tines are less likely to snap.
I think adhering to only 10 times use may be for strict practitioners taking lessons from a tea school.
Thank you for telling me that it is always fun to learn new things from different cultures
Actually for a real Tea Ceremony, they are used only once .
This is actually the only item or utensil in the tea ceremony that can only be used once , and yet it is the most difficult one to produce .
This makes the Chasen very endearing to their users, but also very lucrative for their makers !
what can only be used once?
The tea whisk(the Chasen) is in a formal tea ceremony used once. Often the Tea Master will make his own scoops and whisks. For less formal events its different.
can someone tell me the name of the song that start at 00:20 ? thanksss
Are the tea whisks expensive to purchase?
A lot. As everything fine handcrafted.
which Song is playing from 5:10 - 6:50 ?
Only 10 times
It would take me 2 weeks just to make a single wisk...
Grind is an irregular English verb.
That must be one expensive ass whisk..
somebody knows what it's matters Matcha with 80 bristles
to Matcha with 120 bristles
?
I'll stick to my stainless steel whisk seeing hows it last a lifetime and not just 10 uses.
9:24 that guys finger.. it looks like a condm
Orion 07 lol i had to go back
I just had the same thought xD
it's a finger cot, and yeah they are basically tiny condoms . they keep your finger clean and away from toxic materials. some have bumps so they also add traction , so like bank tellers use them to count money. also used in the medical world and by artists using say, oil pastels.
realizing that that's way more info than was warranted . oops
Ruby Cromer that's actually really cool to learn. thanks
Seriously how does this cost $20 on Amazon?
"just a tea Whisk"
10 times ._.
Hos before bros!!!!
>the whisk can only be used 10 times
YO
Cutting tea leaves results in loss of flavor and aroma so does heating. Grinding into fine powder is basically waste of perfectly good tea as it introduced both heat and allows easy oxidation plus the color of resultant power is unnatural green. I know this because my uncle had a tea farm in Darjeeling.
Yeah but this is also why they developped a specific tea celebration, water temperature, its origin, the teapot material in charge to warm it, ... Everything goes together scrupulously to enhance the taste subtilities.
Dhirajji, I hope you can attend a tea ceremony some time in order to taste truly fine tea made in a truly traditional way. Tea was grown and harvested from the shaded fields of Ujibashi and the Urasenke and other tea traditions of Japan and China were infusing and whisking tea long before the British planted tea in Darjeeling.
Dhiraj Gupta that is not true in the case of matcha. And because you do not infuse the leaves but digest the whole leaf in effect you get more antioxidants etc than you would by infusion. It is obvious you have never drunk matcha. As for flavour and aroma... Both are very intense with high quality ceremonial matcha. The colour comes from higher concentration of chlorophyll due to the shading of the plants during the growing process.
I always thought that matcha was a word used for Argentinian tea, drunk from gourd cups.
the bamboo part is so fragile 1 simple mistake your done
and if i work there im so freaking done your fired
......... but why....???? I've never seen anything that takes so much effort only to be used 10 times... I just can't imagine a world in which they even bothered to start creating those whisks... Seriously why bother? In the US in the 18th century, they made whisks out of twigs stripped of their bark... hard work for sure, but easier than this and they lasted WAY longer... Japan is awesome, but there MUST have been a better solution...
Nld 89 i heard some people actually use them longer than ten times, some even continued using theirs for two years. It just needs proper handling, washing and care probably...
All they have to do is go to walmart and by a stainless steel one
I cnt trust . Request krna nh chahti usa k lye baad m .
Who the fuck would actually take the time to make that brush..?
You can use a matcha whisk much more than 10 times. They must have translated that part wrong. It should last a year or two depending on how well you take care of it. Big failure of information
f...ing music
$10 and too much work. These whisk worth >$40
what a waste of time and energy!
This is just a waste of time , so much efforts go to these things just for nothing while you can easily find available plastic or some other material one doing the same job for you ! The say, when you show passion its good but when you show passion towards things that has no actual meaning then it is no more passion but stupidity .
They should stop using bamboo then. 😂 Make it from something that is sustainable for a long period of time. Why waste land and cut bamboos to make something that can be used only 10 times. Waste of time and effort.
All tea is disgusting.
Idk why but the mechanical hand shoving the airtight lids onto the can of Matcha sounds n looks so cute~ It's like it's saying "here, take it hmmph!" *insert the cute metal noise*
Ok nuff rambling..thanks for sharing this informative n calming video ^^
yeah it's like those cat boxes which put there paws on the trigger to close the box again. Don't know what they're called but that reminded me of them :D
IcaRi Arts yeah I watched it too..so cute~ >__
indeed :D