The other day, I did a test to check the relation between the taste and the material of tea strainer. >>> Do ceramic tea strainers brew better tea than stainless ones?
Speaking of strainers, I’m also wondering how the fineness of the mesh affects the taste. I sometimes see mucky-green tea and sometimes very clear tea. I do not think it is just about futsu (regular steamed) or fukamushi (deep steamed) sencha. I believe the fineness of mesh has an impact to the color and taste of tea and wanted to check it out myself.
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Here are three teapots with different strainers.
Teapot A, Mounted stainless strainer (Finer than ceramic strainers)
Teapot B, Fine-mesh ceramic strainer
Teapot C, Regular-mesh ceramic strainer
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*** Conditions ***
Tea: sencha (regular steamed), 2grams
Water: 70ml, 75degC
Brewing time: 1 minute
Today I’m using futsu-sencha. Do you think the brewed teas will be very different by using these strainers? What do you think? I’ll tell you the result tomorrow.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMz2cQg18mL7OHCoTEoyYyFPyH-7HeIfGZqbBG4dn4QVV2biezjPn8Cyuyl3sjov2Z9WR6dNKXDmVYUr6ss0ISrvqhRyPdrC8trjhR6DaL9FUx8YV6SaB3ERqMctOFvSDmc0cyXuJ0rTWj/s400/fineness-1.jpg)
Here are three teapots with different strainers.
Teapot A, Mounted stainless strainer (Finer than ceramic strainers)
Teapot B, Fine-mesh ceramic strainer
Teapot C, Regular-mesh ceramic strainer
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgilVSzNes7qYNxYo7l2HSX2rKjxweeK_UC2pZRZc6WY_Z9rPsLtJjYbPEUezfG2WQ2n9PxKc8qMQps5Sl0-8qr86RONJcUrxETmdE2Mprrok5dBeMr9NnGaxSX9_BeUXySIudSgF-2KMu/s200/fineness-2.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-urUtFiA7k3nfighZ95fVAtkUm6a4Fu2z8QHzddhyphenhyphenhv9ymLYigiYIZeK9gJzJiuW8-O80p5oLFXlvj5svWcZLN6Mbyg1CVYbrCeCE54l2xXteuwqkfalqdU4jwQOyZqSVQGCXTYZNPbQo/s200/fineness-3.jpg)
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*** Conditions ***
Tea: sencha (regular steamed), 2grams
Water: 70ml, 75degC
Brewing time: 1 minute
Today I’m using futsu-sencha. Do you think the brewed teas will be very different by using these strainers? What do you think? I’ll tell you the result tomorrow.
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