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Icha tea is a Toronto matcha brand offering ceremonial-grade powder sourced exclusively from first-flush ichibancha leaves. Its matcha comes from four terroir-driven regions—Uji, Nishio, Kagoshima, and Shizuoka—and is traditionally stone-ground to preserve vibrant colour and umami.
Plants are shaded weeks before harvest using the Tana system to boost chlorophyll and amino acids; only the youngest hand-picked leaves are processed. The brand maintains direct partnerships with producers in Uji and Nishio, and its farms avoid pesticides and synthetic fertilisers.
The Matcha Whisk (Golden Bamboo Chasen) from ICHA TEA is a handmade whisk cut from golden bamboo, finished with 100 finely carved spokes. That spoke count places it in the finer end of chasen construction, where the tines are designed to work air into the tea and build a smooth, frothy texture as you whisk. The whisk is handmade rather than machine-produced, and the material choice is the point of difference here: golden bamboo, prized for its smooth texture and natural resilience.
What does a 100-spoke chasen do for your matcha?
Spokes are the split bamboo tines that fan out from the handle. With 100 of them, each carved individually, the whisk is built to create a smooth, frothy texture with each whisking motion. The result is a tool aimed at both the flavour and the presentation of the finished bowl, which matters if you drink matcha straight and care about how the surface foam looks and feels.
Why golden bamboo instead of ordinary bamboo?
Golden bamboo, also called golden-hued bamboo, is a rare and highly prized material recognised for its natural golden sheen and fine, smooth surface. It is valued for beauty and durability in equal measure, and it is exceptionally resilient and flexible. Those two properties, resilience and flexibility, are exactly what a chasen needs: the tines must bend repeatedly against the bowl without snapping or losing their shape. Golden bamboo is well suited to crafting fine tea utensils for that reason, and it gives this whisk a warmer, lighter tone than the pale bamboo most buyers picture when they think of a chasen.
Who is this whisk a good fit for?
Anyone preparing matcha by hand who wants a finely made tool rather than a basic one will get the most from it. The craftsmanship is described as delicate yet durable, which is a fair summary of what a high-spoke-count whisk asks of its owner: it rewards careful use. If you want a whisk that is as much an object as an implement, the golden sheen of the bamboo makes it a considered choice for a home tea setup or as a gift for someone who already drinks matcha regularly.
Key details at a glance
- 100 spokes, each finely carved
- Made from rare golden bamboo, also known as golden-hued bamboo
- Handmade construction
- Material noted for a natural golden sheen and fine, smooth texture
- Bamboo is resilient and flexible, suited to fine tea utensils
- Built to produce a smooth, frothy texture during whisking
ICHA TEA is a tea shop based in Toronto, Ontario, selling matcha, loose leaf tea and accessories. If you are assembling matcha tools for the first time, this is the whisk element of that set; check the shop listing for current stock before ordering, since availability details are not stated here.
It has 100 finely carved spokes.
The spokes are shaped to work matcha into a smooth, frothy texture as you whisk.
It is handmade from rare golden bamboo.
Each whisk is carved by hand rather than machine formed, and the bamboo is chosen for its smooth texture and natural resilience.
Golden bamboo, also called golden-hued bamboo, is a prized material with a natural golden sheen and a fine, smooth surface.
It is valued for both its appearance and its durability, and its resilience and flexibility make it suited to fine tea utensils such as matcha whisks.
Chasen is the name for the bamboo matcha whisk used to prepare matcha.
This version is cut from golden bamboo and finished with 100 spokes.
The 100 spokes are designed to build a smooth, frothy texture with each whisking motion.
The carving work makes a tool that is delicate yet durable, and it supports both the flavour and the presentation of the finished matcha.
The whisk is delicate in construction but built to last, thanks to the craftsmanship and the bamboo itself.
Golden bamboo is exceptionally resilient and flexible, which is why it is used for fine tea utensils.
It is offered by ICHA TEA, a tea shop based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The shop stocks matcha powder, loose leaf tea, and tea accessories.