Yuzamashi Tokoname – Takasuke (120 mL) Teaware

Yuzamashi Tokoname – Takasuke (120 mL) TeawareThis handcrafted, heart shaped Tokoname ware yuzamashi (water cooler) with no handle from the Takasuke kiln is used to cool water to an appropriate steeping temperature, especially for gyokuro and high end sencha and kabusecha teas that are steeped at lower temperatures. Ashes of different kinds of wood are used to produce its yellow colour from the usual reddish clay of the Tokoname region. Iron from the clay is infused with the cooling water. This

Iron from the clay is infused with your teas

This large yunomi (teacup) is from Koji Kitano an award-winning ceramicist

“diamante”

Porcelain / Oak brown

Traditional fixed handle

cacao aroma with a balanced umami flavour and creamy finish

A high grade

Water: 250-300 mL at 80-85 °C

compared to the famous Chinese smoked black tea called ‘Lapsang souchong’

Mesh: Polypropylene

This is a first flush 2026 sencha tea grown in the Kakegawa region of Shizuoka that specializes in fukamushi sencha

D95xH75xL120 mm