Description
Preparation of Japanese matcha Seihou
When preparing matcha Seihou, you can use the following equipment, of which the whisk is the most important.
Whisk - Chasen + Bamboo spoon - Chasaku + Matcha bowl - Chawan + Si
- Preheat the bowl with a little warm water and wipe it dry.
- Take 3-4 measures of small top (6 grams) with the spoon and strain the tea into the matcha bowl.
- Add 0.8 dl. 80 degree water to the bowl and whisk for 30 seconds. The tea will not be frothy as in a "thin" tea, as this is thicker (like drinking yoghurt).
Finally, you can slowly move the whisk back and forth to close the small air holes in the foam. Serve a small sweet cake or some dried fruit with the tea. In Japan, there is an impressive range of matcha tea sweets. These are often made from sweetened bean paste or sweetened rice.
Description of Japanese matcha Seihou
Japanese matcha Seihou consists of the finest leaves from the first harvest of the year. The bushes have been covered with bamboo mats so that the leaves are not exposed to direct sunlight. This process helps the leaves to have a more concentrated chlorophyll content that gives them their green colour, but the leaves also develop a finer aroma.
The dry leaves are ground in a stone mill to a very fine powder.