Haikake Ash Glazed Yuzamashi - 220ml

This sleek Tokoname-yaki yuzamashi (湯冷まし - water cooler) is made in the handle-less katakuchi (片口) style. It is made from a black clay splattered with an ash grey glaze in a style called haikake (灰掛).

Made by Fujita Tokuta (藤田徳太), who was born in 1976 and is one of Tokoname's younger kyusu craftsmen.

Yuzamashi are used to cool down boiling water to a temperature more suitable for brewing green tea. When poured into a yuzamashi, boiling water cools to roughly 90°C, which then will cool to roughly 80°C when poured into a cold teapot. To cool water further, you can either let it sit in the yuzamashi for longer, or pour it into cups and then into the teapot.