Making matcha

Name: Making matcha
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: Put 5-10 ml/1-2 tsp matcha, to taste, in the cup and add about 120 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup hot water.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Japanese Cookbook

By Emi Kazuko and Yasuko Fukuoka

Published 2024

About

Eat wagashi or something sweet before you drink this tea to best appreciate the flavour of the tea. If you don’t have a bamboo whisk use a small fork instead.

Method

Warm a large cup (a rice bowl is deal) with hot water. Soak the tip of a bamboo whisk in the hot water so that the matcha won’t stain it. Empty the cup.
Put 5-10 ml/1-2 tsp