MATCHAWAN SUMOMO
The Sumomo Matchawan is the latest in our collection of matcha bowls, one of the key elements of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Its distinctive shape, with low walls and wide bottom, allows for easy whisking and creating a perfect froth known as the “jasper mousse”. The bowl’s name is inspired by the Japanese plum, sumomo. According to a Japanese legend, offering sumomo plums to the gods helped the famed warrior Minamoto Noriyoshi win a battle. In Japan, it’s believed that consuming Sumomo plums wards off evil spirits and illness.
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The traditional way to prepare matcha comes from the Japanese Tea Ceremony. It involves using a matcha bowl, a bamboo whisk- chasen and a bamboo spoon- chashaku. Place 2 chashaku spoons of matcha (1,5g) in a matcha bowl and pour 100ml of hot water (80 °C). Chasen in hand, vigorously whisk your matcha from the wrist in m-shaped, not circular, motion. In about 20 seconds your bowl should be filled with a perfect jade-green foam. You can add more water now if you like your matcha to be less strong. |
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Watch how Hitomi Saito, cofounder of Moya Matcha, prepares perfect matcha.
