What you'll leave with
- A bowl of matcha you whisked yourself with a bamboo whisk, made the traditional Japanese way.
- A tasting of three matcha grades and a feel for what makes each one different.
- The technique for a foamy matcha latte you can recreate at home.
Workshop in detail
Step into MoyChay's tea house on Rozengracht and spend an hour learning to whisk matcha the traditional way. A tea guide walks you through the Japanese tea ceremony steps, working with a bamboo whisk called a chasen and a tea bowl called a chawan, the same tools used in ceremonial matcha preparation for centuries.
You taste your way through three different matcha grades, noticing how the color, texture and flavor shift from one to the next. Then it is your turn: you whisk your own portions of matcha by hand, working the powder into the smooth, frothy consistency ceremonial matcha calls for.
Once you have the technique down, your guide shows you how to turn matcha into a foamy matcha latte, along with a few matcha cocktail recipes you can recreate at home. You leave with the whisking technique itself, tips for making better matcha in your own kitchen, and up to an hour afterward to relax in the tea house before you go.
Details
Duration
1 hour
Group size
1–6 participants
Language
English
Location
MoyChay Tea House
Rozengracht 92H, Amsterdam
Good to know
- The workshop takes place at MoyChay's tea house at Rozengracht 92H, Amsterdam.
- Sessions are intimate and run for one to six people;
- groups of four to six are priced as a group rather than per person.
- The 60-minute guided session is followed by up to 60 minutes of use of the space to relax before you leave.
- Participants get a 15% discount on matcha products (chawan, chasen and matcha powder of all grades) in MoyChay's tea club afterward.
Meet your artisan
MoyChay
MoyChay is an international tea company headquartered in Amsterdam, with over 20 years of experience sourcing tea from China, Japan, Georgia, Vietnam and other origins. Founder Sergey Shevelev spends up to half of each year traveling through tea-growing regions in search of rare varieties, and MoyCh…
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