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TEAPOT BASKET STRAINERS
Teapot basket strainers are available from G&S. We can supply any size of basket to fit almost any design of teapot, western or oriental. Basket strainers fit snugly into the mouth of the teapot and are an excellent way of infusing green, oolong and black teas without fuss. If you are purchasing a G&S teapot from this page and would like a basket strainer to fit the teapot, then state your requirements in the shopping cart. There is no shipping charge for basket strainers bought with G&S teapots. The basket size shown in the drop-down menu below is the mouth diameter in mm.

G&S Japanese Teapots
Japanese teapots are among the most celebrated and collected tea-wares by aficionados of tea the world over. G&S has placed a popular selection of fine Tokoname stoneware teapots in the current lists. They represent several modern and classic designs and are suitable for making every kind of premium tea. The tea capacity of each teapot is indicated in descriptions. All teapots shown have internal spout strainers, but not all carry a basket mouth strainer. Please note: all Tokoname Teapots are shipped from Japan by EMS DELIVERY. The quoted shipping price on the shopping cart includes postage, handling and insurance.

Tokoname
Until Edo Tokoname made only primitive earthenware pottery & had developed basic ash-glazing methods. The Origins of Tokoname's red stoneware are Chinese. Yixing potters establishing the kilns & techniques on which the Japanese embellished. In 1574 Odanobunaga band the operation of the Tokoname kilns in favour of Seto. This lead to a decline in the Tokoname potteries. However, over the Edo period (1603-1868), the high-fired red stoneware of Tokoname gradually became popular throughout Japan. The kilns re-emerged with the use of the Step-chamber Kiln which had advantages for red-clay firing as well as allowing large volume production. By Meiji Tokoname had started to build an industry based on its main stoneware products, which included tableware, tiles and pipes. But today it is Tokoname's stoneware kyusu which make the name Tokoname famous to teapot collectors.

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MIRAGE
TEAPOT

An elegant kyusu-teapot,
and one made to a high standard

MIRAGE TEAPOT is a classic flat kyusu with an intriguing mirrored glazing on parts of the body and lid. Made of a dark ochre stoneware which is revealed towards the lower part of the body, the kyusu is finished with a dark glaze, smooth, purple-red in parts. This is an elegant kyusu-teapot, and one made to a high standard. Ideal for serving sencha or any premium tea! Tea capacity 330cc (11floz). MIRAGE TEAPOT, $67.50. EMS delivery from Japan.


TOKONAME COSMOS TEAPOT

TOKONAME
COSMOS TEAPOT

TOKONAME COSMOS TEAPOT is made of a dark-chestnut stoneware with an intricately engraving circular design on the upper body and lid. The teapot is patterned with thousands of purple glaze speckles which give the appearance of a field of cosmos flowers. Tokoname Cosmos Teapot is an attractive teapot designed with a large bottom-style internal strainer. This teapot is highly recommended for all kinds of green tea making. TOKONAME COSMOS TEAPOT, 370cc (ca. 13floz). EMS DELIVERY FROM JAPAN.

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TOKONAME & OTHER JAPANESE TEAPOTS.
If you would like to know more about a particular Tokoname style, or are looking for a
special Japanese teapot contact us for more information.

SAMIDORI
KYUSU - $59.00

Tokoname Samidori Kyusu is an egg-shaped Tokoname teapot finished in a polished dark-green glaze covering the spout and handle, with lighter coloured glaze over the body. The teapot is also decorated with a flowering tea camellia motif, which covers much of the body and lid of the vessel. This is an attractive & bright teapot of good size that is ideal for tea gatherings. Tokoname Samidori Kyusu, 350cc (12floz) $59.00.

Samidori Kyusu:  An entertaining & new style of Tokoname kyusu

TOKONAME
STAR - $86.50

TOKONAME STAR is a perfect Japanese-style stoneware teapot, carefully hand-crafted and worked to a high standard. The body is made of an ochre-coloured stoneware under a black glaze, & decorated with artwork of radiating red and white folia from the knob of the vessel and over the whole of the lid and the body. Tokoname Star Teapot has adequate tea capacity for gatherings and is most suitable for preparing the very best seasonal green tea. TOKONAME STAR TEAPOT, 400cc (13.5floz) $86.50.

TOKONAME STAR TEAPOT

TOKONAME & OTHER JAPANESE TEAPOTS.
If you would like to know more about a particular Tokoname style, or are looking for a
special Japanese teapot contact us for more information.

KENDAL GREEN
TEAPOT - $59.95

The biggest Tokoname teapot in our range, featuring a round & compressed design with cone-like handle and wide strainer over the spout. The stoneware kyusu is finished with a smooth 'Kendal Green' glazing on a light & durable body. Kendal Green Teapot has a large tea capacity of over 19floz, which makes it suitable even for the biggest forest camps! KENDAL GREEN TEAPOT, 570cc (19.3floz) $59.95.

Kendal Green Kyusu

THE BELL - $45.50

THE BELL TEAPOT is a large bright copper-red kyusu with a fitted base-strainer. The Bell is a very well hand-crafted teapot made to a bell-shaped design with engraved markings across the lid and belly of the pot. This teapot is one of the largest Tokoname Reds G&S promote, and is well suited for making tea in great volume. THE BELL TEAPOT 280cc (over 21.5floz) $45.50.

THE BELL TEAPOT

TOKONAME & OTHER JAPANESE TEAPOTS.
If you would like to know more about a particular Tokoname style, or are looking for a
special Japanese teapot contact us for more information.

FIRE STONE
TEAPOT - $55.00

Today, Tokoname is known for its very fine handmade stoneware manufacture, in particular its glazed red ware with designs both traditional and modern. Fire Stone is a large Tokoname teapot in fiery red stoneware, heavily inscribed over the entire body with Japanese text. It is a bold & generous Japanese teapot and traditional Tokoname yaki. Fire Stone is available with our popular sencha green tea, Yabukita. This special Teapot & Tea offer is shipped from Japan by EMS postal delivery. OFFER: FIRE STONE TOKONAME TEAPOT 400cc (13.5floz) with a mouth basket strainer & 100g Yabukita Sencha $55.00.

FIRE STONE TEAPOT

CAMELLIA - $78.00

CAMELLIA TEAPOT is a black-bodied stoneware kyusu beautifully glazed & bearing the tea flower motif around the body & lid. Same design, now available with engraved flower pattern in a subtle red & yellow. A lovely Tokoname kyusu & one ideal for Japanese tea making. CAMELLIA TEAPOT 300cc (10floz) $78.00.

Camellia Teapot

TOKONAME & OTHER JAPANESE TEAPOTS.
If you would like to know more about a particular Tokoname style, or are looking for a
special Japanese teapot contact us for more information.

LOTUS - $82.00

LOTUS TEAPOT is a black stoneware kyusu made to a very fine standard. The teapot carries a polished glaze finish with a lotus design on the body. A quality Tokoname with a large tea capacity of over 13floz. Highly recommended for special tea gatherings. LOTUS TOKONAME TEAPOT, 400cc (13.5floz) $82.00.

Lotus Teapot is a black stoneware kyusu

JADE TEAPOT - $49.95

An attractive round Tokoname-style teapot finished with a highly polished green glaze. The kyusu is well balanced and is a practical teapot for everyday use. The Jade Tokoname Teapot is a standard design which is particularly suitable for green tea making. JADE TEAPOT, 320cc (10.8floz) $49.95.

An attractive round Tokoname-style teapot in finished with highly polished green glaze

TOKONAME & OTHER JAPANESE TEAPOTS.
If you would like to know more about a particular Tokoname style, or are looking for a
special Japanese teapot contact us for more information.

EMERALD
KYUSU - $49.95

EMERALD KYUSU may be described as a beginner's Japanese teapot. Robust and easy to handle, the kyusu is light and made of a light stoneware leaving a slightly textured finish and a shining dark-green glaze. A basic, yet very practical Tokoname stoneware teapot for making sencha & other fine green teas. EMERALD KYUSU, 430cc (14.5floz) $49.95.

Green Kyusu: a basic yet very practical Tokoname stoneware teapot

URESHINO RED
TEAPOT - $49.95

A classic Japanese teapot style finished in a highly polish cherry-red glaze. The Ureshino Red Teapot is a standard Tokoname design with tea capacity of about 350cc. Ureshino Red Teapot is recommended for Japanese teas, but suitable for all kinds of tea making. URESHINO RED TEAPOT, 350cc (11.8floz) $49.95.

Making Kona-cha green tea with an Ureshino Red teapot

ARITA BLUE
KYUSU - $85.00

ARITA BLUE KYUSU is a tall egg-shaped stoneware teapot made of a light pottery and completed in a polished (crazed) deep-blue glaze. This is a stylish Japanese teapot ideal for sencha making, but suitable for any kind of tea. An attractive and very well crafted Arita stoneware kyusu. ARITA BLUE KYUSU, 500cc (ca. 17floz) $85.00.

Arita Blue Kyusu:  A stylish stoneware kyusu from Arita

SPINNING TOP
TEAPOT - $69.00

SPINNING TOP TEAPOT is made of black stoneware which is elaborately decorated and engraved with colourful rings across the entire body and teapot lid. An interesting theme using colour, texture and form. SPINNING TOP TEAPOT, 300cc (ca. 10floz), $69.00. YABUKITA: PINE BREEZE Yabukita is a widely grown variety of tea propagated for its fragrant and balanced bitter-sweet tasting characteristics. Yabukita: Pine Breeze is a worthy choice of late season sencha. Harvested in early May, the tea is flash steamed then carefully rolled & dried to capture the natural vitamins and antioxidant polyphenols held within the youngest leaves. The leaf of this sencha is small and lightly twisted and holds sweet floral-green fragrance. Infusions of Pine Breeze possess a flowery-green bouquet, which is delicately flavoured with a pleasantly bitter finish. A quality steamed sencha grade of good value. OFFER INCLUDES: SPINNING TOP TEAPOT, 300cc (10floz) and 100g YABUKITA PINE BREEZE SENCHA $69.00. EMS DELIVERY FROM JAPAN.


MIRAGE
TEAPOT - $67.50

MIRAGE TEAPOT is a classic flat kyusu with an intriguing mirrored glazing on parts of the body and lid. Made of a dark ochre stoneware which is revealed towards the lower part of the body, the kyusu is finished with a dark glaze, smooth, purple-red in parts. This is an elegant kyusu-teapot, and one made to a high standard. Ideal for serving sencha or any premium tea! Tea capacity 330cc (11floz). MIRAGE TEAPOT, $67.50. EMS delivery from Japan.


LONG KYUSU
TEAPOT - $55.00

LONG KYUSU TEAPOT. The Tokoname long pot (volume 350cc) in made of a bright red stoneware, cylindrically designed, and carefully glazed and inscribed with Japanese script. Long Kyusu Teapot is available complete with basket strainer & a free sachet of our popular sencha green tea; Early Bud "SENCHA". This special teapot & tea offer is shipped from Japan by EMS postal delivery. OFFER: LONG KYUSU TEAPOT & 100g Early Bud Sencha, price $55.00.

LONG KYUSU

TOKONAME & OTHER JAPANESE TEAPOTS.
If you would like to know more about a particular Tokoname style, or are looking for a
special Japanese teapot contact us for more information.

TOKONAME BLUE TEAPOT & GREEN TEA GIFT- $65.95

TOKONAME BLUE is a straight-handled stoneware teapot design finished with a highly polished azure-blue glaze. Tokoname Blue is an attractive teapot style, highly recommended for green tea making. A classic Japanese teapot which measures over 430cc or 14.5floz. "MECHA OR BUD TEA. The name of this tea derives from the early leaf buds needed to make this special green tea. Mecha is renowned for its depth of flavour, considerable astringency and bitter green aftertaste." TOKONAME BLUE TEAPOT & GREEN TEA GIFT,$65.95.

TOKONAME BLUE

FLOWER COSMOS
TEAPOT & YABUKITA
OFFER - $55.00

STONE BELL TEAPOT is one of the smallest sencha teapots in the range. Design as a bell form of polished black stoneware with engraved makings deep-red glazing. A beautifully created one-cup teapot, which is fitted with a traditional ceramic ball strainer. See below for strainer design. Ideal for connoisseur sencha. STONE BELL TEAPOT, 280cc (9.5floz) $70.00. EMS delivery from Japan.

TOKONAME STONEBELL TEAPOT

TOKONAME & OTHER JAPANESE TEAPOTS.
If you would like to know more about a particular Tokoname style, or are looking for a
special Japanese teapot contact us for more information.

MAPLE LEAF
TEAPOT - $69.00

MAPLE LEAF TEAPOT is a compressed form of kyusu, handmade in chestnut-brown stoneware. The body and the lid feature extensive relief design of autumn maple in orange and reds. YABUKITA: PINE BREEZE Yabukita is a widely grown variety of tea propagated for its fragrant and balanced bitter-sweet tasting characteristics. Yabukita: Pine Breeze is a worthy choice of late season sencha. Harvested in early May, the tea is flash steamed then carefully rolled & dried to capture the natural vitamins and antioxidant polyphenols held within the youngest leaves. The leaf of this sencha is small and lightly twisted and holds sweet floral-green fragrance. Infusions of Pine Breeze possess a flowery-green bouquet, which is delicately flavoured with a pleasantly bitter finish. A quality steamed sencha grade of good value. OFFER INCLUDES: TOKONAME MAPLE LEAF TEAPOT, 280cc (9.5floz) and 100g YABUKITA PINE BREEZE SENCHA $69.00. EMS DELIVERY FROM JAPAN.

MAPLE LEAF TEAPOT

FLOWER COSMOS
TEAPOT & YABUKITA
OFFER - $55.00

FLOWERING COSMOS TEAPOT is a colourful dark green teapot with flowering cosmos artwork on the body and lid. Expertly handcrafted in a round, slightly compressed design and finished with a polished dark green glazing, which sets ablaze the green, white & yellow of the cosmos pattern. A Tokoname kyusu of good capacity for making all fine sencha. Price includes a 100g sachet of Yabukita Sencha. EMS delivery Japan. FLOWERING COSMOS TEAPOT 360cc (ca. 12floz) $55.00.

FLOWERING COSMOS TEAPOT

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