Tokoname Kyusu Teapot by Isshin Black

About Tokoname ware

Tokoname ware (常滑焼, Tokoname-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery, stoneware, and ceramics produced in and around Aichi, Japan. Tokoname was the location of one of the six Antient Kilns of Japan and it dates back to the 12th century.

About this Kyusu (teapot) by Isshin Black

This hand-made Kyusu teapot has a unique black colour which only appears on Tokoname’s pottery.

The highlight would be the winding line.

It is made for ease of holding, elegance, and luxury.

You can enjoy tea as well as Tokoname’s iron rich clay, which is said to remove the tannin (bitterness) of tea and make your tea milder.

This teapot has a strainer integrated inside the teapot at the bottom (3rd photo).  This is to avoid tea leaves from coming out from the spout.  This kind of teapot has a lot of space for tea leaves to open up rather than the one with a strainer at the top of teapot.

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