A coffee dripper made as a gesture of hospitality — omotenashi — for the slow ritual of pouring coffee for someone else. It comes in three pieces: a round server with a spout and a broad, ribbed strap handle; a cone-shaped dripper that rests on it by a wide flange; and a lid for the dripper, crowned with a knob of twisted clay pierced through the middle.
The kiln fired the clay to a deep charcoal and iron-grey, with a soft metallic sheen. Ash ran down the shoulder of the server in rust-gold streaks and settled across the lid in a speckled bloom, with here and there a small bead of green ash glass. Throwing rings circle the dripper cone.
Unglazed Bizen stoneware, wood-fired in one continuous firing near Bizen, Okayama (GPS 34.7456°N, 134.1894°E). Its colour and markings are kiln transformation (yōhen) — the record of earth and flame in a single moment, not a pattern anyone chose. One of a kind, shaped by human hands, and impossible to reproduce. Traceable to the kiln that made it.
Dimensions (assembled)
Height: 180 mm (with dripper and lid)
Width: 257 mm (handle to spout)
Server mouth: 75 mm
Server capacity: 500 ml
Weight: 820 g (all three pieces)
Fragile by nature and packed for the journey. Ships worldwide from Japan.
