How To Prepare Your Matcha For Tea Ceremony | Tea Caddies and Matcha Mountains

Learn how to prepare different types of tea caddies for tea ceremony. Each shape requires a different approach as to inserting and shaping the shape of the matcha mountain. In this video I explain the different styles and the reasons behind them. Skip to the part you want to see using the chapter index below: 00:00 | Intro 01:06 | The matcha rake 02:19 | Different tea caddy shapes 　　　- 03:05 | The "fubuki" tea caddy 　　　- 03:57 | The "natsume" 　　　- 04:25 | The "hira-natsume" broad-of-beam tea caddy 　　　- 05:13 | The "nakatsugi" straight tea caddy 06:25 | Introducing the necessary tools 08:41 | Filling the tea caddy 09:46 | About sifting and the amounts of matcha needed 10:46 | Shaping for the "natsume" 12:30 | Shaping for the "hira-natsume" 14:20 | Shaping for the "nakatsugi" 15:53 | Overview of the differences between the 3 types 16:47 | Final thoughts Videos referred to in this episode: ------------------------------------------------------- Watch and learn how to make a matcha rake yourself from an old tea whisk:    • What To Do With Old Tea Whisks? Repurposin...   View our video about a centuries old pottery tea flask:    • 400 YEAR OLD Tea Container For Ceremonial ...   Learn about the benefits and tools to sift your tea before use:    • The EASIEST To Use Matcha Sieve   Your Participation and Support -------------------------------------------------- Don't hesitate to subscribe to my improved tea club now to get some of the rarest Japanese organic, pesticide-free and natural teas delivered to your door each month. This way you can continue to support my efforts to make these unique teas and information available, and I get to share some of my rarest finds with you! https://www.the-tea-crane.com/product... ----Links---- The World's First Online Tea Ceremony Course Learn the Japanese Tea Ceremony with Tyas Sosen 👉🏻 https://academy.the-tea-crane.com/tea... Join my monthly Tea Club subscription: https://www.the-tea-crane.com/tea-club/ Buy Organic Japanese tea and tea ware direct from Japan, shipped internationally: http://www.the-tea-crane.com/ Learn more about Tyas Sosen and The Tea Ceremony: https://tea-ceremony-kyoto.com/ ----Let's connect---- Connect on WhatsApp: https://wa.me/+819042927496 Connect on Telegram: https://t.me/theteacrane Connect on Line: https://page.line.me/917flgio Follow on Instagram (The Tea Crane):   / theteacrane   Follow on Instagram (Tyas Sosen Personal):   / tyas.sosen   ©︎ Music & Sounds courtesy to Yuki Katayama (https://open.spotify.com/artist/2B1Tg...)