Mino Ware Japanese Handcrafted Matcha Tea Bowl Brown, Matcha Tea Cup Ceremony, Authentic Pottery, Shigaraki Oribe Chawan

I lived 45 years in Hawaii and visited an authentic geisha house as a company gift along with our spouses, and I went to many local and high class Japanese restaurants there and in every one the green or matcha tea was served in “small” white cups mass made with mostly blue exterior designs. These tea cups hold 2 3/4 cups if filled to the rim, which you will not do. My tea cans for making 3/4 cups which is usual. If my cup is warm and the tea the proper temperature even this about 1/3 bowl full holds it’s heat well. The craftsmanship is lovely, the design a knock out but the tea is prettier viewed from the lighter tan areas. I can really whip up a foam in the big base which I can’t do in littler cups. Without a pouring spout I would not try to transfer the tea from this cup to a smaller cup, it would be to easy to spill. You could easily double the recipe for two cups, or serve noodle soup or steamed rice in it. I noted in one place the add says dishwasher safe, after I used the dishwasher I reread the add and lower down it says NOT to use a dishwasher and why - a bit disappointing. I hope they correct it and if not that they replace damaged cups due to miss information. I wish they were smaller, but they are so pretty I would buy them again, I got four!

I wanted a real matcha bowl and this fits the bill perfectly. I love the glaze on the ceramic. It's so pretty.

It is a joy to make my matcha in this beautiful bowl. Everything about matcha ceremony is intention, so the attention to detail in craftsmanship in pottery makes drinking matcha that much more special. I own some other bowls that have a small spout for ease of pouring your matcha and wish this bowl had one as well, but maybe the bowl was intended to be multi-functional for holding soup or rice. They have other beautiful designs and are fairly priced.

This matcha bowl serves its purposes for whisking the matcha tea providing enough space for whisking. It looks good as well.

Beautiful ceramics

I use this as a bowl to catch ashes on short stick incense. I put the incense in the little, square, ceramic holder at the bottom of the bowl. All of the ash falls into the bowl leaving no mess on my desk and also eliminating any risk of fire.I should also mention that this bowl just looks awesome. The quality is very good. Every bowl has its own unique pattern.

Although I have an automatic matcha maker, I wanted to be able to prepare ceremonial grade matcha by hand. I ordered two of these chawan (match bowls) along with the following items:chasen (matcha whisk) with chashaku (matcha scoop) and matcha spoonchasen naoshi (matcha whisk keeper / stand)These bowls are stunning. As I opened the box, the craftsmanship took my breath away. The mouth of these bowls is wide enough to whisk the match into a deep froth (3rd picture). Overall, I am super pleased. They are hefty without being overly heavy and just gorgeous to look at as well.

While these are beautiful and very well made... and much bigger than I anticipated...I really wish they looked more like the advertised photo. I realize they are hand crafted and no two look alike, but one of the selling points for me was the beautiful green accents, which none of the three that I ordered had. They are still really pretty, just not exactly as shown. Overall pleased but a little disappointed.