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chashaku Listen to the Japanese term!

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Nauko making green tea,
find the chashaku on left side of table
Photo by Linda Freeman, July 12, 2003

tea scoop for green tea

The chashaku is made from a thin strip of bamboo that has been bent at one end to make a scoop. The tea scoop "is considered to be the physical extension of the tea host."

Bamboo in Japan
Nancy Moore Bess

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This is the chashaku! link to larger picture