Stories, recipes & guides
The Journal
10 pieces on slow living, cast iron care, brewing notes and recipes. Updated monthly.
Journal · 2 min read
What Is a Tetsubin? The 400-Year-Old Teapot That Actually Heats Water
Before there was electric kettles, there was the tetsubin — a Japanese cast iron kettle that could brew tea and warm a small room at the same time.
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Guide · 2 min read
Cast Iron Care: How to Season Your Tetsubin for a Lifetime of Use
Three steps, twice a year, ten minutes each — that's all it takes to keep a cast iron teapot in daily use for decades.
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Journal · 1 min read
Why Bamboo Belongs in Your Kitchen: Sustainability Without the Lecturing
Bamboo grows a metre a day. It is harder than maple. It makes beautiful kitchen tools. Here is why we built half our line around it.
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Recipe · 2 min read
How to Brew Sencha: Temperature, Time & The 3 Mistakes Everyone Makes
Sencha is the most popular Japanese green tea, and the most commonly misbrewed. Here is the method that gets it right.
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Journal · 1 min read
Inside CasaMonami: How We Source Our Teapots (with the Foundry Owner)
We flew to Iwate to ask Mr Sato — our foundry partner for nine years — what actually makes a good tetsubin.
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Recipe · 1 min read
How to Brew Wulong (Oolong) Tea — The Mid-Day Ritual
Oolong sits between green and black. Brewing it wrong wastes the leaf; brewing it right reveals honey, stone fruit, and a long finish.
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Journal · 1 min read
Tea Subscription UK: A Smarter Way to Discover Japanese Tea
A subscription is not just about delivery — it is about a curated path through the world of tea, one month at a time.
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Recipe · 1 min read
Cast Iron Skillet Banana Bread (with Brown Butter Miso Glaze)
The banana bread that uses up the cast iron skillet, the overripe bananas, and ten minutes you did not know you had.
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Journal · 1 min read
Matcha vs Sencha: Which Japanese Green Tea Should You Buy?
Both are Japanese, both are green, both are healthy. But they taste different, brew different, and cost different.
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Journal · 2 min read
A Brief History of the Japanese Tea Ceremony
From the Song Dynasty to your kitchen table — how a 12th-century Chinese monk changed the way the world drinks tea.
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