Suikaen Tanimura Yasuburo: Chasen Matcha Whisk, Niji Tsubaki (虹椿) P35 shaded for about 10 days

shaded for about 10 days

Leaves originally cultivated to be come tencha (the tea leaf used to make matcha) were sundried to make white tea

Water amount: 1 cup

Theme design which combines various kind of auspicious patterns

Suikaen Tanimura Yasuburo: Chasen Matcha Whisk, Niji Tsubaki (虹椿) P35 shaded for about 10 daysRainbow colored string combined with a tsubaki (camellia) flower charm. The "white" bamboo used for the whisk itself is henon bamboo (hachiku ) that has had its color removed through traditional, centuries old techniques. A specific type of bamboo grown in the Kinki region of Japan (Nara, Kyoto, Osaka, Wakayama, etc) is harvested in the winter after 2 3 years of growth, boiled to remove oil in the plant, dried in the cold winter air, then aged for