Tea Strainer (Chakoshi)

Tea Strainer (Chakoshi)

Sift your matcha powder before whisking it. It'll mix better with water that way

We often suggest using a household tea strainer to filter loose leaf tea as you pour, or to filter the clumps that sometimes build up in matcha powder. As a high quality option, we offer the Ippodo Tea Strainer, complete with receiving bowl. The handle of this fine stainless steel strainer and the bottom of the receiving bowl are decorated with Ippodo's seal.

People looking for an easier way to make Japanese green tea can use this tea strainer with a Western- style teapot as an alternative to a kyusu. (A kyusu will have a tea strainer built into the spout, so the leaves will be automatically filtered out as you pour the tea.)

Brew in a teapot with loose leaves directly in the pot, and then pour all of the tea out through this tea strainer into a mug or another container to remove the leaves.

Finally, the tea strainer can be used to sift matcha powder before mixing it, which makes whisking matcha delightfully simple.