Midori Kyusu, Japanese Teapot

Midori Kyusu. White plum blossoms and a mountain on olive green.

The Midori Kyusu is a Tokoname teapot in an olive-green clay hand-painted with white blossoms on winding red-brown branches and a soft gold mountain behind them, with a blossom on the lid. A wide stainless mesh basket sits inside for brewing loose leaf, and it lifts out the moment the tea is right. The side handle is held in one hand with the thumb resting on the lid, so pouring to the last drop is a turn of the wrist. At 460 ml it pours three or four cups, a pot for a table.

Tokoname, in Aichi Prefecture, is Japan's teapot capital and one of its oldest pottery towns, with about 900 years of kiln history. Its iron-rich red clay, shudei, is known for softening tannin, which is why tea people seek out a Tokoname kyusu.

Made in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

Volume: 460 ml

Care: empty the leaves after each pot, rinse with hot water only, no detergent, and dry with the lid off.

Please note: shape, colour and capacity vary a little from pot to pot. That is the nature of handmade Japanese ceramics.

Ships Australia-wide and worldwide, with free Australian shipping on orders over $100. See the full range of Japanese teapots, or read how to choose a kyusu if this is your first pot.