Matcha Tea Bowl - Cream (Mino-yaki)
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Matcha is most often made in a tea bowl called a chawan. To enjoy, sip the freshly whisked tea directly from the chawan while holding it gently in both hands.
When whisking: 4 oz (120 mL)
Note: Bowl color may differ slightly from the images due to the firing process
All Ippodo chawan are made exclusively for us by artisans in Japan, to our design specifications. We work with these artisans to develop wide and deep chawan, to make the wide motion of whisking matcha easier, whether you are making regular usucha matcha, or koicha thick matcha. Our bowls are also light, and feel satisfying to hold in your hands.
The simple cream-white glaze of this chawan showcases the deep color of the matcha, and a subtle hakeme white brush stroke adorns the side of the bowl.
This bowl has a beautiful spiderweb-like crack pattern in the glaze that is almost invisible at first. Over time, the more you make matcha in the bowl, the more this pattern will emerge in a light amber color. The pattern is called kan’nyu, and for centuries tea lovers have praised it as a sign of a well-loved matcha bowl.
Gifu is a landlocked prefecture in the mountains in the central region of the main Japanese island. This prefecture is home to one of the most famous and storied traditions of pottery in all of Japan. Mino-yaki encompasses several distinct styles, each highly valued by the tea ceremony for centuries. The artisans producing our tea bowls in this region craft the clay for their works themselves by hand, from soil in the area.
