Teaware
The teaware we offer, like our teas, must meet a number of high standards. The right teaware enhances the tea experience and we test out many different teapots and cups to ensure an ease of use, aesthetic charm, and high function with good value.
Whimsical, abstract dreamscapes with colorful glaze, colored slip, and gold luster.
Whimsically unique porcelain tea bowl adored with abstract dreamscapes.
It's been wonderful to work with Erin Louise Clancy on these custom pieces. I love her free-flowing brushed glaze style paired with this classic porcelain form. This size tea bowl is my personal favorite for enjoying tea. The foot, lip, and overall slope makes for a perfect connection to the hand when drinking.
Each piece is different in glaze, though they all feature the same general motifs of green slip brush strokes, airy pastels, crimson flecks, and touches of gold luster.
190ml
4.25" Wide x 2.25" Tall
Dreamscape Incense Burner
$
44
Brass incense holder with whimsical, colorfully glazed saucer.
Whimsical and airy porcelain incense saucer with brass holder.
It's been wonderful to work with Erin Louise Clancy on these custom pieces. I love her free-flowing brushed glaze style paired with classic porcelain. The saucer art and brass incense holder pair beautifully with the light, airy incense smoke.
This incense holder features a 9-hole design that is suitable for various sizes of incense.
Each piece is different in glaze, though they all feature the same general motifs of green slip brush strokes, airy pastels, and crimson flecks.
5" Wide
Tea Basket with Dreamscape Saucer
$
35
Stainless steel tea basket with porcelain saucer.
Stainless steel tea basket with porcelain saucer.
One of the easiest ways to brew tea is with a basket infuser. This simple brewing device is large enough for the leaves to expand and very easy to clean.
The saucer is made by Erin Louise Clancy in the same style as the Dreamscape tea bowl and incense burner
Infuser: 2.5" Wide opening x 2" Tall
Saucer: 3" Wide
Porcelain Pearl Brown Lip Gaiwan
$
40
Translucent when held to light, matte pearl finish, easy to use, traditional and elegant.
Translucent when held to light, matte pearl porcelain, lean, traditional and elegant.
Nothing speaks of traditional tea brewing like a Gaiwan (蓋碗 Gàiwǎn). This tea brewing device is versatile and elegant with its roots reaching back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Its versatility is due to the use of porcelain and its ability to not carry scents or flavors from the various teas brewed in it. Gaiwans have traditionally been used for green tea and white teas because they do not affect the lighter and subtle flavors or fresher teas.
The gaiwan can also be used as a cup to drink the tea from and not just a brewing instrument. In China it is common to see people sipping their green tea from a gaiwan with the lid still on as a means to hold back the tea leaves. When the gaiwan is used as a drinking device all three of its parts are used, the lid, cup and saucer. The lid has multiple functions. It can be used to keep the water warm and as a strainer when pouring and drinking to hold back the leaves. The cup is used for brewing and drinking and the saucer is used for holding the gaiwan if it is hot or for setting it down.
The use of a gaiwan is related to Gongfu tea service which roughly translates as “skilled” tea service. The reason that “gongfu” tea service has the notion of skilled is that the preparation requires focus and attention to detail requiring a degree of skilled action. The use of a gaiwan is not difficult but does require skill in that the upper lid is used as a filter for the tea leaves when poured. What makes a gaiwan more or less difficult is the flare of the lip on the cup. The wider the flare of the lip of the cup the easier it is to hold, use and pour. The lip cannot be too wide which would make it difficult to handle with one hand, which is how gaiwans are traditionally poured. We looked for gaiwans that are beautiful and easy to use, all three of the handcrafted gaiwans that we have sourced from China meet this criteria.
150ml
Ming Dynasty Style Gaiwan
SOLD OUT
Traditional wide gaiwan made with a blend of 9 clays and glazed with a speckled sky blue.
9 blended Chinese clays glazed with a soft speckled sky blue.
Nothing speaks of traditional tea brewing like a Gaiwan (蓋碗 Gàiwǎn). This tea brewing device is versatile and elegant with its roots reaching back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Its versatility is due to the use of porcelain and its ability to not carry scents or flavors from the various teas brewed in it. Gaiwans have traditionally been used for green tea and white teas because they do not affect the lighter and subtle flavors or fresher teas.
The gaiwan can also be used as a cup to drink the tea from and not just a brewing instrument. In China it is common to see people sipping their green tea from a gaiwan with the lid still on as a means to hold back the tea leaves. When the gaiwan is used as a drinking device all three of its parts are used, the lid, cup and saucer. The lid has multiple functions. It can be used to keep the water warm and as a strainer when pouring and drinking to hold back the leaves. The cup is used for brewing and drinking and the saucer is used for holding the gaiwan if it is hot or for setting it down.
The use of a gaiwan is related to Gongfu tea service which roughly translates as “skilled” tea service. The reason that “gongfu” tea service has the notion of skilled is that the preparation requires focus and attention to detail requiring a degree of skilled action. The use of a gaiwan is not difficult but does require skill in that the upper lid is used as a filter for the tea leaves when poured. What makes a gaiwan more or less difficult is the flare of the lip on the cup. The wider the flare of the lip of the cup the easier it is to hold, use and pour. The lip cannot be too wide which would make it difficult to handle with one hand, which is how gaiwans are traditionally poured. We looked for gaiwans that are beautiful and easy to use, all three of the handcrafted gaiwans that we have sourced from China meet this criteria.
150ml
