A Simple Method To IMPROVE Your Daily Bowl Of MATCHA! | How To Whisk Matcha Next Level
VloĆŸit
- Äas pĆidĂĄn 15. 06. 2024
- How To properly whisk a bowl of matcha tea.
I will teach you the process of how a tea master would make a perfect delicious bowl of frothy matcha tea, based on the steps from traditional Japanese tea ceremony, in the comfort of your own home.
This guide introduces several important steps to observe when whisking and preparing a bowl of matcha tea.
Matcha is a good drinks to use on vegan and keto diets. Look for our organic matcha at The Tea Crane:
đđ» www.the-tea-crane.com/
The World's First Online Tea Ceremony Course
Learn the Japanese Tea Ceremony with Tyas Sosen
đđ» academy.the-tea-crane.com/tea...
Follow Us On Other Channels
đ” Connect on WhatsApp: wa.me/+819042927496
đ” Follow on Instagram: / theteacrane
đ” Twitter: / theteacrane - ZĂĄbava
I love how you let us create such an intimate relationship with the process. I started with a strainer and weighing scale, so it was wonderful for me to learn a process that trains the eye to observe the tea and the water more naturally
Oh... My God. I saw this video yesterday and i implemented your chashaku raking of the tea in the bottom of the cup and poured gently and it TOTALLY WORKED!! best foam EVER. thanks so much! And, don't have to deal with a strainer. WIN!!đ
Thatâs really great to hear! So happy you were able to benefit from this method đđ»
I now have a nice new morning habit. I really like this Tea.
Every New Day is a Gift from Heaven!
Many Thanks to You, Kind Sir!!
Keep it up! This is really great to hear đđ»đ”
All these steps you are taking indeed make the tea a lot better. They remove excess bitterness. Many thanks!
Thatâs really great to hear! đđ»
@@theteacrane I have been to Japan twice.
I am now going to make this mindful Matcha preparation a part of my early morning ritual.
J'avais une copine de Hiroshima. J'ai été deux fois à Kyoto. Toute cette ville est un Musée, et je n'en ai vu que quelques endroits.
J'ai visitĂ© 3 des 4 principales Ăles du Japon. Il me manque HokkaĂŻdo.
Bonne continuation et merci encore!
This is marvelous. Thank you for the lesson, sensei.
What a beautiful practice. Thank you
Very helpful! Thank you đ”đ±
Thank you very much for your lesson ! Have a good day!đ
Thank you for this very informative video!
Excellent technique! I loved the clear view of the Chashaku measurements :)
it is very detail and helpful. thank you
thank you so much! i've been wanting to improve my matcha making process, and this is quite useful!
Glad it was helpful!
So helpful! THank you!!
Thank you đđ»
Inspiring! The Tea Crane matchas are on my wish list. đ
Thank you! đđ» looking forward to sharing our matcha with you soon. đ”
Thank you very much Now I understand why to use a Wisk
Love your video!
Thank you!
just perfect! thank you
Thank you đ”đđ»
Great tutorial, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks đđ»
I am really enjoying my new early morning ritual. Cheers! Arigato Gozaimas!
Thatâs wonderful to hear đđ» thank you.
@@theteacrane The other day I mentioned to you hat I had seen blue-coloured "decaffeinated" matcha at my local health food store.
I was mistaken.
The product in question is made from powdered blue flowers. It is caffeine-free by nature. You prepare and consume it the same way as with matcha tea. Next to this product was actual matcha made from leaves. Not surprisingly, next to that was "Maté", which you no doubt are familiar with.
Thank you, and all the best!
Het beste voor jou, vriendelijke Sir.
Very nice video :D I love matcha
Finally The Avatar makes tea. Iroh would been proud.
Where can you get a heating pot rest like the one you have here? What is it called?
In Japan it's a ryoro, but they're also common and come in more various styles in China and Taiwan. It's a kind of brazier for charcoal or another type of heating to boil the water in your kettle.
What is the best time during the day to drink matcha? Or what time do Japanese people usually do it? Morning or lunch or after dinner?
Iâd say the morning is a good time for a morning ritual, and in the afternoon for a pick-me-up.
@@theteacrane so for morning, is it before breakfast or after? I know itâs probably up to us, but I am just curious what the tradition is.
@@zoezoe7613 itâs not quite a matter of tradition. Drinking matcha is for the Japanese often not a matter of health and isnât common at regular households.
Traditionally speaking matcha is a means to ceremony and community and is used for hospitality. That is the true traditional purpose of the tea ceremony. And in this case it depends on the season, when to host such an occasion during the day.
In the West matcha has simply become a beverage, drunk for health. This is a quite different perspective. Not that it is wrong; just different. Personally I skip breakfast, but have matcha to kickstart the day. It is also a great moment of mindfulness and meditation.
How long do you whisk for?
When you whisk, do you scrape the bottom the bowl?
I ask these questions because my matcha doesnât come out too smoothly. Sometimes it comes out a little bit of powdery. I do sift it.
I donât whisk very long, but I whisk in 2 stages. First I let the tips of the tines of the whisk come in contact with the bottom of the bowl and whisk briskly for 10 seconds. Once I have a foam, I raise the whisk so the tips of the tines now only make contact with the surface foam. For another 10 to 20 seconds I whisk at a slower pace with the purpose to break up the larger bubbles in the foam and create a soft minute foam.
I hope this helps.
What temperature of water do you use?
80~90. Although I have never measured it. Itâs usually just off the boil and transferring it to the bowl with the tea cools it down a bit.
Can you get similar results with cheaper matcha?
Itâs always better to go with a good quality matcha, even for thin tea.
How hot was your water? Iâm being told to not go over 175°F
I keep it on a small alcohol flame to keep it warm, but not boiling. Itâs sufficiently hot when there are small bubbles floating up in the water.
I have never measured it with a thermometer, so I canât give you an exact temperature. Just let it settle down after boiling, or keep it just below boiling point.
Thank you so much for this video. I f*** up my tea whisk which costs me 20$ one of the first times I've used itđđ€đ· how can you whisk strong without pressing too much? I would love to have plenty of foam but I refuse to use the electric thing. Pure madness
Glad this video helped you!
The wrist should be loose, while the shoulder should be tense.
The foam is created in the speed of the motion, but not in the force with which you press the whisk down. The tips of the tines should only gently rub over the bottom of the bowl. They should certainly not be pushed down against it. Then the whisk should be moved forth and back in a straight line, from 12 to 6 on the face of a clock. Start slowly, and gradually increase the speed. Keep your wrist loose as you move the whisk back and forth. You'll see you'll get the hang of it soon enough!
@@theteacrane thank you so much!! Hope to get it right soon because it is frustrating
@@jilvia9462 It takes practice, but youâll get it soon enough đđđ»đ”
That is much more water than what I would have used. Whisking can be completed in 5 seconds total to not over oxidize.
Preferences in thickness differ from person to person, and is also different from school to school.
The main whisking to create the froth can indeed be completed swiftly, the second part mainly consists of a more shallow and slower whisking motion to break up larger bubbles on the surface to create a more minute foam.
I've read that the whisk shouldn't touch the sides of the bowl because it might damage the whisk. How fragile is the whisk exactly?
Not fragile at all. The tines are made to be bouncy and sturdy. If you want to whisk a frothy foam, then making a fast and brisk motion is necessary and touching the walls of the bowl, and scraping along the bottom of the bowl is unavoidable.
In the long run it will wear your tea whisk out. But that too is common since tea whisks are meant to be used, and replaced after a while.
Did you know that in the past a new tea whisk was used for every tea occasion? Just to say that they wonât last you a lifetime.
What is probably not mentioned is that prior to use, you need to soak the tines in a little hot water to soften. The tines are only brittle if dry, and when making tea, you do not use the tea whisk when it is completely dry.
Here is something you might find strange.
A few days ago, I went to my local Health Food Store looking for the Whisk in question. They did sell it there, and I bought it.
Next to the whisk there was a pouch of blue matcha powder. I wondered why it would be blue, then I saw on the package that it was "decaffeinated" Matcha powder. How absurd!
If you are going to decaffeinate this tea, then you are also taking out other beneficial ingredients.
What do you think about this?
You indeed loose a lot of other good components and flavor and aroma in the process. It may be a good option for people who really canât have caffeine, but I donât think the rest of us really benefit from an option like this.
@@theteacrane Exactly. Thankfully, the caffeine in Matcha is at just the right level.
No doubt you also take hot purifying baths at your shrine in Kyoto. It is a great way of enjoying Life.
Most of my purifying baths are ice cold đ„¶
@@theteacrane Ah yes, there are great benefits to this as well.
@@theteacrane No doubt you are familiar with Wim Hof.
@@antonboludo8886 I am indeed
Sometimes people become overly concerned about the rules of ceremony. This can make the ceremony more important than what the ceremony is about...in this case, making a cup of tea. Without the ceremony this tea tastes the same and has the same invigorating effect. If you love the ritualistic ceremony, do it. I prefer to just make my tea. Neither way is more correct.
Sometimes people only look at the surface of tea ceremony, and miss what underlies it at a deeper level.
Nevertheless, the first step to uncover the deeper meaning of the ceremony, is to understand what it is about on the surface. đ”
@@theteacrane What it is about on the surface is making a cup of tea, period. A person could make wiping their butt a big ceremony every day but why?
@@choimdachoim9491 because ceremony and rituals give meaning to essentially meaningless things. It enriches the experience of life and the joy and purpose one finds in it.
Life is meaningless in essence. Only what we put into it, is what we get out. Rituals and ceremony direct energy and attention towards areas of life that would otherwise pass us by without noticing.
You can, if you wanât to, make a ceremony of wiping your butt, but you also donât have to. However, who are you to judge someone for doing so? If it brings meaning to their life, then thatâs a great achievement!
@@theteacrane I have strong disagreements with you, not that it matters, but I will share a few: You have a depressing attitude toward Life to state that it is in essence, meaningless. I, in my 75 years of interesting suffering, have always found reason and purpose to Life. What I get out of Life is not what I put into it, but what I discover in it. Am I really judging you by disagreeing with you? I always encourage people to do whatever gets them through their day but I also encourage them to, at the end of every day, be honest to themselves about what they had to do to survive another day. A person can live every day carrying the burden of countless "necessary" rituals and ceremonies or they can live every day free like a bird or a fish and just live, just be alive. My preference is obvious. I've experienced too much to weigh my Life down with unnecessary action. I appreciate the discussion so far.
@@choimdachoim9491 I donât think we disagree too much. Weâre both looking to live a happy and meaningful life. The ways we use to reach it may differ, but that is normal as everyoneâs path will be different.
With âmeaninglessâ I mean that life is as a blank piece of paper. It doesnât come with meaning attached to it (therefore âmeaning-lessâ), and it is up to us to fill it in and create whatever we want on the blank sheet of paper called life.
Everyone encounters different stages in life. At one point adhering to rituals may be valuable. At a further stage letting go of the rules may lead to releasing the inner butterfly out of its cocoon. Some people benefit from adhering to ritual approach to deepen their understanding and awareness. And through that may come to see things in a different light, helping them to improve in different areas of life.
Omg. This guy took a 3 min process and turned it into an OCD chore! Nice practice, but speed it up a little. Fallin asleep in between words..đŽ
Glad I was able to help you relax ;)
how old are you
Come visit me in Kyoto and letâs chat over a bowl of tea.
@@theteacrane i mean, i want to know if your'e a healthy person and if the matcha did anything (if the matcha did anything aren't the words i would have chose but my thoughts aren't coming right now. Like as if you were 50 years old or late 40s
@@melissasigalas2154 green tea keeps you young! But letâs put that to the test over the coming years.
Man, you tucking to much.
Can you explain what you mean by âtucking?â