Glass Gaiwan with Wood Sleeve and Strainer Lid, 8.5 oz Lidded Tea Bowl

A glass gaiwan with the strainer built into its lid and a wooden sleeve wrapped around the bowl, so you can brew loose tea, watch the leaves open, and pour it off clean with your fingers resting on wood instead of hot glass. It holds 8.5 ounces, enough for a couple of small cups at a time.

No mesh basket to fish out and rinse. No leaves following the tea into your cup. Add the leaves, pour on the hot water, and pour it off when the color looks right.

A lidded bowl that brews and pours in one piece

A gaiwan is the simplest way to brew loose tea in small, repeated steeps: leaves and hot water go straight into the bowl, the lid goes on, and a minute or two later you pour the whole steep out and start the next one on the same leaves. There is no pot to warm and no infuser to fill. Nothing sits between the leaves and the water, so they open fully.

Because this one is borosilicate glass, you see all of it happen. The leaves unroll through the side of the bowl, the color of the tea deepens in front of you, and you pour when it looks the way you like it rather than guessing from a timer. The glass is heat resistant, made for hot water straight from the kettle, and it sits on a reinforced base that tapers to a small, steady foot.

The strainer is the lid

On the side of the domed glass lid, right beside the spout, sits a small cluster of round holes. Keep the lid on, tip the gaiwan toward the spout, and the tea runs out through the holes while the leaves stay behind in the bowl. The spout is a short, shaped pour lip that gives a smooth, clean stream into a cup or a pitcher.

Nothing extra to buy, lose or wash. The leaves are still sitting in the bowl when you want the next steep. When the session is over, lift the lid off by its knob, tip the leaves out, and rinse the bowl and lid under warm water.

Wood where your hand goes

Plain glass gaiwans get hot all the way around. That is why people pour from them with the very tips of their fingers. Here a band of dark wood wraps most of the way around the upper bowl, just under the rim, so you can hold the side of the gaiwan while it is full of hot tea. The lid lifts by a short wooden knob, carved on top with a swirling cloud pattern.

Choose Gray for smoky, see-through glass that looks calm on a dark tray or a stone counter, or Clear if you want the true color of the tea to be the first thing anyone sees. The wood and the lid strainer are the same on both, and either one turns a cup of loose tea into something you actually sit down for.

Specifications

Type: Gaiwan (lidded tea brewing bowl) with a built-in lid strainer

Material: Borosilicate glass, heat resistant; wooden sleeve and lid knob

Capacity: 8.5 oz (250 ml)

Dimensions: 3.7 x 3.9 in (9.5 x 10 cm)

Base diameter: 1.6 in (4 cm)

Strainer: A cluster of holes in the lid, beside the spout

Spout: Pour lip on the rim

Colors: Gray, Clear (the color of the glass; the wood is the same on both)

Use: Loose leaf tea brewed with hot water

Care

Rinse it with warm water before the first use. Wash it by hand; it is not suitable for the dishwasher or the microwave, and it should not be left to soak for long periods.

Avoid sudden changes in temperature, such as putting the hot gaiwan straight into cold water.

Package Includes

1x Glass Gaiwan with Lid and Wooden Sleeve