{"title":"Tea Ceremony","description":"\u003cp\u003eHonest tools for making matcha at home — whisk, bowl, scoop, sifter, caddy. Chosen by hand, not by price.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-complete-tea-set-everything-to-begin-chosen-by-hand","title":"The Complete Tea Set — everything to begin, chosen by hand","description":"\u003cp\u003eEverything to begin a quiet ritual, in one box — the tools I would hand a friend who wanted to start and did not know where to look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside: a real Takayama \u003cem\u003echasen\u003c\/em\u003e (the 100-tine whisk that makes or breaks a bowl), an ink-black Mino-yaki bowl with a pour spout, a white-bamboo scoop, a stainless sifter, and a maki-e style caddy. No painful whisk that snaps in a week; no guessing which grade is real; no gap you discover halfway through. Just honest tools, each chosen by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the same set you would spend a fortnight assembling yourself, priced a little under buying the pieces one by one. Everything ships duty-paid from Japan — the price at checkout includes any import duty, so nothing unexpected arrives at your door. Ceramics are double-boxed by hand; anything damaged in transit, we replace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou do not need to know the tea ceremony to use it. A few minutes, a bowl, and your attention. Begin wherever you are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nagiro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48750320746686,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/2871\/4942\/files\/220d630fbc065b26817bf4d9dd7c7e60.jpg?v=1787125886"},{"product_id":"takayama-bamboo-whisk-chasen-100-prong","title":"Takayama Bamboo Whisk (Chasen), 100-prong","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe whisk is the one tool that decides whether matcha works at all — and it is where almost everyone goes wrong. A cheap whisk, with too few tines and badly cured bamboo, cannot beat enough air into the tea. It gives you a thin, flat, foamless bowl, and it snaps within weeks. People blame themselves. It was never them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a real Takayama \u003cem\u003echasen\u003c\/em\u003e, made in the one town in Nara where a handful of families still cut and split each whisk by hand. One hundred tines of properly cured white bamboo, fine and even, with a spring that holds — which is exactly what lets it whip a dense, creamy microfoam in about fifteen seconds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e rest it on a whisk stand to keep its shape, rinse in warm water only (never soap), never press it hard into the bottom of the bowl, and let it dry fully so it doesn't mould. Treated well it lasts one to two years. It is a consumable, like a good brush — and it is the small thing that saves the whole set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipped duty-paid from Japan; the price you see is the price you pay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nagiro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48750321107134,"sku":null,"price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/2871\/4942\/files\/ad720e4e4357585efb822146cefdcffb.jpg?v=1787048441"},{"product_id":"mino-yaki-tea-bowl-chawan","title":"Mino-yaki Tea Bowl (Chawan) — Black, with Pour Spout","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bowl is where people overthink and overspend. You need less than you imagine: enough width for the whisk to move, enough depth that the tea doesn't slop, and a weight that settles the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis one is Mino-yaki — from Mino, Japan's oldest and largest pottery region — in a matte, ink-black glaze that reads quiet next to the green of the tea. It has a pour spout (\u003cem\u003ekatakuchi\u003c\/em\u003e), a sensible modern touch if you make lattes or pour over ice; for a plain bowl of thin tea it works just as well. Roughly 320 g, wide enough to whisk in comfortably.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e hand wash, avoid sudden temperature shocks. Ceramics are the one fragile thing we ship, so each bowl is double-boxed and cushioned by hand — if anything arrives damaged, send a photo and we replace it. Duty-paid from Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nagiro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48750321139902,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/2871\/4942\/files\/2bdb1aaf1d301d9b9b3491abff2bcfdb.jpg?v=1787048459"},{"product_id":"bamboo-tea-scoop-chashaku","title":"Bamboo Tea Scoop (Chashaku)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003echashaku\u003c\/em\u003e is the simplest tool in the set and the least fussed over — rightly so. It is a single piece of white bamboo, curved at one end, that holds roughly one measure of matcha. Two scoops is a bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou do not strictly need one; a small spoon works. But there is a quiet pleasure in the right tool for the smallest job, and it costs very little. Wipe it clean and dry — no water needed. Made in Japan, shipped duty-paid.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nagiro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48750321172670,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/2871\/4942\/files\/2587e21c11243108bcc634fae0bce25a.jpg?v=1787125633"},{"product_id":"stainless-tea-sifter","title":"Matcha Sifter (Furui)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA simple steel matcha sifter. Sifting — pressing the powder through a fine mesh — is the difference between a smooth bowl and one full of tiny lumps that never dissolve. Matcha clumps in the tin, and those clumps never whisk out; a quick sift breaks it back to a clean powder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the least glamorous tool here and quietly one of the most useful. Sift a scoop or two straight into a warm, dry bowl just before you whisk. Being steel, wipe it dry after washing so it stays clean. Buy this before anything fancy — it changes more than it looks like it should. Shipped duty-paid from Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nagiro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48750321205438,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/2871\/4942\/files\/ecf4eb57d5a5b3266448168318daffb7.jpg?v=1787125638"},{"product_id":"tea-caddy-natsume","title":"Tea Caddy (Natsume)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003enatsume\u003c\/em\u003e is the small lidded caddy that holds the matcha for a sitting. Its name comes from the jujube fruit its shape recalls. And here is the part most people miss: \u003cstrong\u003eit is a serving vessel, not storage.\u003c\/strong\u003e In the old way you fill it only with what you will use that day, often sifting into it just before; the rest of your matcha stays sealed and cold, because matcha fades fast once it meets air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraditional natsume are lacquered wood — beautiful, but delicate and easily chipped in the post. This one is a maki-e style caddy in phenol resin: the look of lacquerware, but light and unbreakable, so it survives daily use and the journey from Japan. Not plastic-cheap — a quiet, warm object that earns its place on the tray. Duty-paid shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nagiro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48750321467582,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/2871\/4942\/files\/8ed604740f5e4e3e395655a5460fef2c.jpg?v=1787125642"},{"product_id":"starter-set-whisk-bowl-scoop","title":"Starter Set — whisk, bowl, scoop","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe three tools that actually matter, to begin without overthinking: a real Takayama whisk, an ink-black Mino-yaki bowl, and a bamboo scoop. Enough to make a genuinely good bowl of matcha at home from your first morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdd the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/stainless-tea-sifter\"\u003esifter\u003c\/a\u003e and a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tea-caddy-natsume\"\u003ecaddy\u003c\/a\u003e when you're ready, or step up to the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-complete-tea-set-everything-to-begin-chosen-by-hand\"\u003ecomplete set\u003c\/a\u003e. Shipped duty-paid from Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nagiro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48750321500350,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/2871\/4942\/files\/starter_set_pour_spout_1536.jpg?v=1787187604"}],"url":"https:\/\/shoptomari.com\/collections\/tea-ceremony.oembed","provider":"Tomari","version":"1.0","type":"link"}