This Original Ippodo Tea Strainer can be used in three different ways—to sift clumps out of matcha powder, to catch tea leaves when using teapots that don’t have built-in strainers, and to prepare konacha. If all you need is any kind of strainer to help you prepare Japanese tea for a one-off occasion, anything you can find around the house should do the trick. But, if you want something you can use on a regular basis to prepare everything from matcha to sencha and konacha, then the Original Ippodo Tea Strainer is what you’re looking for. This one item greatly increases the ways in which you can enjoy Japanese tea. How do Ippodo staff use it? This item comes in very handy when preparing the occasional bowl of matcha or when you’ve made a large batch of hojicha in a kettle and want to pour it into a jug.
