{"product_id":"chashaku","title":"Chashaku 'Takesaji'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBamboo matcha scoop, bent at the tip over heat, in pale or dark bamboo\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne piece of bamboo, bent at the end. This chashaku is the scoop of the tea ceremony, a thin length of bamboo split from the cane, shaved flat and bent at the tip over heat into a shallow curve, with the node of the cane left just behind the bend as the tradition asks, in a pale natural bamboo or a dark one smoked brown. It measures a serving of matcha, a scoop and a half to a bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the simplest object in the shop and one of the oldest shapes in it, and the two colours are the same tool at two ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Takesaji, is the bamboo spoon, and the scoop is that, though a tea master would call it by its proper name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scoop is a single strip of bamboo, cut so the node falls near the tip, shaved thin, and bent at the end over a flame so the curve holds; the pale version is the bamboo as cut, the dark version is smoked, which is how old scoops look after years of tea. There is no join and no finish, and no two scoops are the same, because no two canes are: the node falls a little differently on each, and the pale ones darken with handling over years until they look like the smoked one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it with a matcha bowl: a scoop and a half of powder, tapped from the tip, then the whisk. Between uses it rests on the rim of the tea caddy or in a fold of cloth. It is also, honestly, a good spoon for spices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe node is the detail: the ring of the bamboo cane left just behind the bend, which stiffens the tip and marks the scoop as cut from a real cane rather than a sheet. The dark version shows the node as a darker band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a thin bamboo stick with a bent end. From close the bend shows its curve, the node its ring, and the bamboo its grain. It is the scoop for a person who has the bowl and the whisk and wants the third thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe with a dry cloth after use; do not wash it in water, which straightens the bend over time. Keep it dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, the standard length of a tea-ceremony scoop, about the length of a hand and a half.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Beige","offer_id":59207684227420,"sku":"14:200006151#1","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Brown","offer_id":59207684260188,"sku":"14:200006152#2","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/chashaku-takesaji-1.jpg?v=1790586301","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/chashaku","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}