{"product_id":"shizuku-cortado-cup","title":"Shizuku Series (雫) — Cortado \u0026 Matcha Cup","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShizuku Series (雫) — Cortado \u0026amp; Matcha Cup\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShizuku\u003c\/strong\u003e means a single drop. It is the smallest cup in the range, made for the drinks where less is the point: a cortado, a piccolo, a double espresso with room to breathe, or a bowl of usucha whisked thin and finished in three sips. It sits low in the hand and holds heat close. Nothing about it is hurried, and nothing about it is wasted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach cup is hand-glazed in \u003cstrong\u003eMino, Gifu Prefecture\u003c\/strong\u003e, where kilns have fired continuously for more than 1,300 years. The artisan applies the glaze, the kiln finishes it at 1,200°C, and the two never agree exactly. Speckle, pooling and tonal shifts move from one cup to the next. Consider that a signature rather than a flaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo glazes. \u003cstrong\u003eShima\u003c\/strong\u003e wears alternating indigo and cream stripes on a footed body, with the maker's stamp pressed into the base. \u003cstrong\u003eChikurin\u003c\/strong\u003e is shaped after a length of bamboo and finished in Oribe green, the copper glaze that made Mino famous, with a soft blue wash at the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighlights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCapacity 160 ml to the brim, around 130 ml as poured\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSized for cortado, piccolo, double espresso and usucha matcha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMino ware, hand-glazed in Gifu Prefecture, Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStoneware, kiln-fired at 1,200°C\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlaze varies piece to piece. The photographed cup is a close representative, not identical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin \u0026amp; Craftsmanship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMino ware is one of Japan's oldest living pottery traditions, produced in the kilns of Gifu Prefecture since the seventh century. Oribe green, Shino white and the ash glazes still in use today were all developed here. The cups in this series are glazed by hand in small runs, so surface, weight and tone carry the slight differences that only a working kiln can leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Era Store","offers":[{"title":"Shima (縞) — Indigo Stripe","offer_id":54700415189265,"sku":"E116-SH","price":189.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true},{"title":"Chikurin (竹林) — Bamboo Grove","offer_id":54700415222033,"sku":"E116-CH","price":189.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/4489\/0129\/files\/japanese-ceramic-cup-shima.webp?v=1789330141","url":"https:\/\/www.theera.ae\/products\/shizuku-cortado-cup","provider":"The Era Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}