How to Properly Make Japanese Matcha

Here's what you will need:

High quality matcha

Matcha bowl (Matchawan)

Tea Whisk (not optional!)

Bamboo Matcha Spoon(You really do need one of these too!)

Matcha sifter (aka "Matcha Furui" - optional)

Screen for sifting matcha (optional)

Step 1.
Heat your matcha bowl by adding very hot water and allowing it to sit for a few minutes. Then, empty and DRY COMPLETELY.

Step 2.
With special bamboo tea spoon, add 1 1/2 ~ 1 3/4 spoon fulls of thin matcha to the bowl. We like to sift it through a screen for a more consistant, frothier brew, but this is optional. Note: If you are using a regular teaspoon instead of the traditional Japanese bamboo matcha spoon, only add about 1/4 of a teaspoon!

Step 3.
Add about 1/2 cup of hot water with a temperature of about 175F/80C.
Important: This is somewhat less than boiling.

Step 4.
Wet your tea whisk. Next, whisk briskly in a "W" shaped pattern for a minute or two until the matcha froths to a nice green colored foam.

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