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Matcha, sencha and roasted hojicha with their leaves, three types of Japanese tea on linen

A Guide to the Types of Japanese Tea

How sun, leaf, and heat turn one plant into sencha, gyokuro, matcha, and more. Almost every tea Japan is known for begins as the same plant. Camellia sinensis, the tea...
The Pottery of Tokoname: Japan's Teapot Capital

The Pottery of Tokoname: Japan's Teapot Capital

Japan's teapot capital, a thousand years in the making, and why a Tokoname pot sits in your hand differently.
Red mogake Tokoname kyusu teapot by Katayama Hakusan, seaweed-fired with branching scarlet lines

What Is Mogake? The Seaweed-Fired Teapots of Tokoname

The rare Tokoname technique where seaweed is bound to raw clay and fired near 1,200C, leaving lightning-like scarlet lines that no two pots ever share. How mogake is made, from...
How to Care for Japanese Teaware

How to Care for Japanese Teaware

Learn how to care for Japanese teaware, including kyusu, shiboridashi, hōhin, yunomi, and matcha ware. Simple cleaning, drying, and storage habits help handmade teaware age beautifully over time.
A Guide to Japanese Teapot Styles

A Guide to Japanese Teapot Styles

Japanese teaware is shaped by both function and beauty. Each form developed for a different style of brewing, pouring, and serving tea, with its own purpose, rhythm, and character. Japanese...