Japanese Mino Ware White Glaze Katakuchi Matcha Bowl Handcrafted Ceramic Tea Cup Made in Japan

☘ Elegant White Glaze Layered Katakuchi Matcha Bowl — Authentic Mino Ware from Japan ☘ Experience the serene beauty of traditional Japanese ceramics with this exquisite white-glazed matcha bowl, thoughtfully crafted in the renowned Mino ware tradition. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
✦ Key Features
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Authentic Mino Ware: Produced in the historic Mino region of Japan, celebrated for centuries of ceramic excellence.
• Layered White Glaze (Shiro-yu Gasane): A delicate, multi-layered white glaze that creates a beautifully soft, organic texture unique to each piece.
• Katakuchi (Pouring Spout) Design: The elegant spout allows for smooth pouring, making it versatile for both matcha preparation and serving.
• Natural Ceramic Warmth: Crafted from traditional earthenware (toki), offering a gentle, warm touch that enhances the tea-drinking experience.
• One-of-a-Kind Character: Due to the nature of handcrafted ceramics, each bowl features slight variations in colour and glaze, ensuring your piece is truly unique. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
✦ How to Use
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 1. Before first use, gently rinse the bowl with lukewarm water.
2. Place matcha powder into the bowl using a chashaku (tea scoop).
3. Pour a small amount of hot water (approximately 70–80°C) into the bowl.
4. Whisk with a chasen (bamboo whisk) until a smooth, frothy consistency is achieved.
5. Enjoy your matcha directly from the bowl, or use the katakuchi spout to pour into smaller cups.
6. After use, hand wash gently with mild detergent and allow to dry thoroughly before storing. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
✦ Specifications
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Material: Ceramic (Earthenware / Toki)
• Dimensions: Approx. 13.7 × 12.5 cm, Height 8.0 cm
• Origin: Mino, Japan (Mino Ware)
• Colour: White glaze (layered finish) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
✦ Important Notes
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • NOT suitable for microwave use.
• NOT suitable for dishwasher use.
• NOT suitable for oven use.
• As this is an earthenware product, it has natural absorbency. Please ensure thorough drying after each wash to prevent moisture retention.
• Due to the handcrafted nature of this product, individual colour and glaze variations may occur. These are not defects but rather a hallmark of authentic handmade ceramics.
• Please handle with care as ceramic products may chip or crack upon impact. Thank you for choosing this authentic Japanese Mino ware matcha bowl. We sincerely hope it brings warmth and tranquility to your daily tea moments. 🍵