Hiroshi Hirai: Heart Shaped Mug Cup, Blue AccentsCeramics artist Hiroshi Hirai is known for a unique style of Shigarakiyaki utilizing white clay. Product Info Diameter: Top: 9 cm (rim); bottom: 6 cm Height: 9 cm Volume: 280ml (full cup) Measurements above are approximate Available in Green Accents

please refer to the koicha blogpost

preserving the natural aroma of your tea

they are then sun-dried for a day

This unique hojicha powder is more lightly roasted than most other hojcha powders

In actuality

Manufacturer: Koyotoki

steeped for 2 minutes in 200 ml of 70C/160F degree water

and very little astringency

" So says Yoshinori Isomura

Grown on southeast facing rolling hills at an altitude of 500 meters (1640 feet) and harvested in late May

He was born to a samurai family

Blue Woven Pattern Plate