Journal

Wabi-sabi ceramic teapot with a removable fine-mesh stainless steel infuser basket

Ceramic Teapot with Infuser: How to Choose One ...

By KAGAKI Editorial Team · Updated August 2026 A good ceramic teapot with an infuser gets three details right that most get wrong: mesh fine enough to hold rooibos dust...

Ceramic Teapot with Infuser: How to Choose One ...

By KAGAKI Editorial Team · Updated August 2026 A good ceramic teapot with an infuser gets three details right that most get wrong: mesh fine enough to hold rooibos dust...

Wood-fired Japanese tea bowl beside its fitted paulownia wood box (tomobako)

Collecting Japanese Pottery: Kilns, Signed Boxe...

By KAGAKI Editorial Team · Updated August 2026 You can begin collecting Japanese pottery seriously for $45–95 a piece — if you understand the four things that make a ceramic...

Collecting Japanese Pottery: Kilns, Signed Boxe...

By KAGAKI Editorial Team · Updated August 2026 You can begin collecting Japanese pottery seriously for $45–95 a piece — if you understand the four things that make a ceramic...

Three Japanese yunomi tea cups in crackle cream, warm blush, and matte black glazes

Japanese Tea Cups: A Guide to Yunomi, Glazes, a...

By KAGAKI Editorial Team · Updated August 2026 A good Japanese tea cup is a handle-less ceramic cup of about 100–200 ml, glazed for daily use, from a ware you...

Japanese Tea Cups: A Guide to Yunomi, Glazes, a...

By KAGAKI Editorial Team · Updated August 2026 A good Japanese tea cup is a handle-less ceramic cup of about 100–200 ml, glazed for daily use, from a ware you...

Japanese tea set: side-handle kyusu teapot and two yunomi cups of sencha on a wooden tray

Best Japanese Tea Set: How to Choose One Made i...

By KAGAKI Editorial Team · Updated August 2026 A good Japanese tea set is a small, considered unit — a teapot of around 300–450 ml, two to five matching cups,...

Best Japanese Tea Set: How to Choose One Made i...

By KAGAKI Editorial Team · Updated August 2026 A good Japanese tea set is a small, considered unit — a teapot of around 300–450 ml, two to five matching cups,...

Handmade stoneware matcha bowl (chawan) with freshly whisked matcha and a bamboo chasen

How to Choose a Matcha Bowl (Chawan): A Simple ...

By KAGAKI Editorial Team · Updated August 2026 A good first matcha bowl (chawan) is a wide, glazed ceramic bowl about 11–13 cm across and 6–8 cm deep, heavy enough...

How to Choose a Matcha Bowl (Chawan): A Simple ...

By KAGAKI Editorial Team · Updated August 2026 A good first matcha bowl (chawan) is a wide, glazed ceramic bowl about 11–13 cm across and 6–8 cm deep, heavy enough...

Beginner gongfu tea set: porcelain gaiwan, glass fairness pitcher, and two small cups

Best Gongfu Tea Set for Beginners: What You Act...

By KAGAKI Editorial Team · Updated August 2026 A good beginner gongfu tea set is small and simple: a 100–130 ml brewing vessel (a gaiwan or a small glazed pot),...

Best Gongfu Tea Set for Beginners: What You Act...

By KAGAKI Editorial Team · Updated August 2026 A good beginner gongfu tea set is small and simple: a 100–130 ml brewing vessel (a gaiwan or a small glazed pot),...