{"product_id":"chasen-red-box-10","title":"Chasen Red No. 10 · Mint Green Thread, 58 Tines · Koicha","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNaturally dark bamboo · mint-green thread · 58 sturdy tines · koicha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA deep, dark bamboo handle bound in soft \u003cstrong\u003emint-green thread\u003c\/strong\u003e, its tassel falling loose at the collar. In Takayama the binding is tied by a \u003cem\u003eseparate artisan\u003c\/em\u003e from the one who carves the whisk, and the colour is chosen deliberately — this pale green against dark bamboo is that craftsman's choice. \u003cstrong\u003e58 tines\u003c\/strong\u003e, thicker and more widely set, arch into a strong open head built to knead a thick koicha. Presented in its red brocade box bearing the Takayama traditional-craft designation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-cut from a single piece of bamboo in Takayama, Nara — the district that has made Japan's tea whisks for five centuries. Ours come from four artisans we met there, introduced through the town's chasen museum where the makers gather. \u003cstrong\u003eOne of a kind — we have only this piece.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy this isn't a thirty-dirham whisk.\u003c\/strong\u003e Most chasen sold today — including many sold as premium — are produced at volume in China from bamboo cut months earlier, oil-drained with chemical help and boxed with a silica-gel sachet because it never fully dried. That faint stale smell doesn't stay in the box; it transfers into the tea. This one began as bamboo cut in its third year, sun-dried through the January cold of the Ikoma mountains, then stored two more years until the moisture was gone — roughly five years before the first cut was made. \u003ca href=\"\/ar\/pages\/takayama-chasen-masters\"\u003eHow we found the makers →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e rest on a whisk holder (\u003cem\u003ekusenaoki\u003c\/em\u003e), rinse in warm water only, air-dry. Never soak or machine-wash.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aicha Teas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51322254524662,"sku":"CHASEN-R10","price":650.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/9576\/3190\/files\/file-0000000015ac81f4b6cddb63a9682242.png?v=1784706896","url":"https:\/\/www.myaicha.com\/ar\/products\/chasen-red-box-10","provider":"Aicha Teas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}