I decided to deter coffee and wanted to give a chance to matcha latte. I was trying to make it with the whisker at home, didn't work. Then I notice that on the packet of matcha I got says it is ceremonial grade. That sparked idea to look how properly samurai's or people in Japan use to make smooth drink, without lumps of matcha powder. I was looking for different scents as the dish in my opinion also matter to be the right shape and depth. I found the set on tea pro website and loved the details about it, bamboo whisker, with bamboo spoony to scoop the matcha powder. Loved the colour and details of the that type of darkish bamboo which the set is made of. The bowl is amazing in shape and colour to me. My drinks every day since I got this set are smooth and I love drinking this samurais drink, as it gives me sense of ritual to myself, as interpreted as time just for me to smooth all these powder into the desirable consistency of smoothness, yamy