Journal
Do you need an incense holder?
Two different objects share one English name. Which you need depends on the leftover stub — and on a dish wide enough for a collapse.
Do you need an incense holder?
Two different objects share one English name. Which you need depends on the leftover stub — and on a dish wide enough for a collapse.
Why does my matcha taste like nothing?
Nothing is wrong with your matcha — it is being drowned. The ratio, the water and the one comparison that is not fair.
Why does my matcha taste like nothing?
Nothing is wrong with your matcha — it is being drowned. The ratio, the water and the one comparison that is not fair.
Will incense set off a smoke alarm?
Four Reddit threads, no answer. It comes down to which alarm is on your ceiling — and after that, distance and a cracked window.
Will incense set off a smoke alarm?
Four Reddit threads, no answer. It comes down to which alarm is on your ceiling — and after that, distance and a cracked window.
Should matcha be organic?
Every answer to this is written by someone selling matcha, including this one. What the mark covers, what it costs you, and the argument on the other side.
Should matcha be organic?
Every answer to this is written by someone selling matcha, including this one. What the mark covers, what it costs you, and the argument on the other side.
Why does my matcha taste fishy?
Seaweed is not fish. One is the umami you paid for, the other is oxidation or coarse leaf — and the open tin tells you which in two seconds.
Why does my matcha taste fishy?
Seaweed is not fish. One is the umami you paid for, the other is oxidation or coarse leaf — and the open tin tells you which in two seconds.
How to make koicha (thick matcha)
The ratio is the easy part. Warming the bowl, sifting, and pouring down the side are what decide whether thick tea comes together — and none of them are in...
How to make koicha (thick matcha)
The ratio is the easy part. Warming the bowl, sifting, and pouring down the side are what decide whether thick tea comes together — and none of them are in...
Tomari (とまり) is an old word for a mooring — the place a boat ties up for the night. A bowl of tea is meant to be the same: a few minutes to put the day down. You do not need to know the rules to begin.
Who chose this
I choose everything here by hand, in Japan. I practice tea rather than simply selling the tools for it — I am not a tea master and I do not claim to be. I am a practitioner, which mostly means I have ruined enough bad whisks to know what a good one feels like in the first second of holding it.
Nothing is drop-shipped and nothing passes through a third warehouse. I pack each order in Tokyo and post it from Japan, ceramics double-boxed by hand. If something arrives broken, write within 7 days with photographs of the piece and the box, and I send a replacement or a refund; there is nothing to post back unless I ask. Who writes and chooses all this, and the longer version of why this shop exists.