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Poke the top of each one once or twice with the tines of a fork to let steam out.
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Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
This bundle includes a lead and cadmium-free black porcelain matcha pouring bowl, bamboo tea whisk with 80 delicate tines, fine stainless steel mesh sifter and a Chashaku bamboo scoop to easily measure your matcha.
—Chelsea Frank, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Cultivators have rotating tines like tillers, but the tines are made out of thinner, less heavy-duty steel and often rotate much faster.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2024
Its most prominent feature is the third antler, which looks like an extra brow tine and juts out from his forehead.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2024
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Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
This bundle includes a lead and cadmium-free black porcelain matcha pouring bowl, bamboo tea whisk with 80 delicate tines, fine stainless steel mesh sifter and a Chashaku bamboo scoop to easily measure your matcha.
—Chelsea Frank, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Cultivators have rotating tines like tillers, but the tines are made out of thinner, less heavy-duty steel and often rotate much faster.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2024
Its most prominent feature is the third antler, which looks like an extra brow tine and juts out from his forehead.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Tine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tine. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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