Kage Ao Tea Cup Set with Tea Sampler

This Japanese ceramic tea cup set includes two Kage Ao (影青-blue shadow) Tea Cups and our linen-cotton blend furoshiki-wrapped Sugimoto Tea Sampler Package, all in a specially made custom wooden box wrapped in traditional cloth. Kage Ao's glazing process consists of several steps. Takenishi polishes only specific glaze colors so that one color/texture creates a backdrop for an opposing color/texture—the unsanded portion after firing results in crystallized fractures in the glaze, which radiate interest and beauty. The glaze designs are inspired by the flow of spring water between rocks.  

*The linen-cotton wrap and furoshiki color and material may vary.

Made in Ehime, Japan

Sugimoto Tea Sampler package

This elegantly linen-cotton-wrapped tea sampler includes 5 Matcha Sencha, 5 Matcha Genmaicha, and 5 Matcha Sticks from the Sugimoto Tea Company, which has been making quality teas in Shizuoka, Japan, for 75 years.