The Bamboo tea whisk is used for making frothy matcha for the Japanese tea ceremony. It is made from a single piece of bamboo, which is carefully split into at least 80 pieces.

The bamboo tea whisk is a classic Japanese tea implement, it is delicate but sturdy. The whisk is used to whip up the green froth of matcha tea, for use in the Japanese tea ceremony.

With the formation of the froth, the bitter taste of the tea becomes amazingly refreshing and it is balanced with the tea sweets often served together with the tea.

This bamboo tea whisk is photographed in Japan and shows beautiful craftsmanship. It has about 80 fronds. The subject Mr. Tanamura Tango is 75 years old. His knowledge of making Cha-sen the tea whisk has been passed down for 19 generations. This
Cha-sen is made in the Takayama village, which lies in Ikoma Mountains near Nara , Japan . Because of his practice it will take Mr. Tango less than 90 minutes to make one Cha-sen.