Etymology

tea whisk

Today it means: A kitchen utensil shaped and used like a shaving brush but typically made of bamboo rather than badger hair and manipulated above matcha to dissolve it and make it foam. Full definition →

Japanese 茶筅
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  1. Japanese · calque of茶筅
  2. English todaytea whisk

Calque of Japanese 茶筅 (chasen).

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