Elevate your daily cup of tea with this elegant, richly saturated porcelain gaiwan. Patterned with an intricate lotus flower design on a background of deep blue or bright yellow, it's adorned with delicate gold detailing on the rims. The generous size allows for a large single serving, or ease in preparing tea for multiple guests in a traditional gongfu cha style.

Considered a sacred and spiritually significant flower across many cultures, the lotus is said to represent bliss and purity. The gaiwan’s body, or wan, evolved from the simple bowl originally used to hold powdered tea. The wide shape allows the leaves to expand and release their full potential of fragrance and flavor while the fluted edge stays cool, enabling one to grasp and pour. The lid, or gai ("to cover"), is essential as a strainer; tilted open, it allows the infusion to be decanted while holding back the tea leaves.

Gaiwans come in many sizes and materials; try incorporating one into your brewing practice to experiment with multiple infusions, and savor how the tea leaves’ appearance, aroma and flavor evolves through each.

Measures 4.5" H, 4" W