Japanese Cast Iron Teapots

Beautiful Japanese style teapots

Iron kettles are used to boil water for tea preparation in the Japanese Way of Tea. Iron kettle casting with sand moulds has a long tradition in Japan, dating back to the Heian and Kamakura times.

Japan has a long and illustrious tradition of iron casting, which has been used to make a wide range of objects, from swords and cooking pots to hoes and countless other items, including kettles for the Way of Tea. The iron used in the past was known as wazuku and was made of “sand iron” or satetsu. This satetsu was mined in the mountains and processed by murage craftsmen by smelting.

TOWA Workshop Japanese Tetsubin Cast Iron Teapot

TOPTIER Japanese Cast Iron Teapot with Stainless Steel Infuser

Red Cast Iron Japanese Teapot with Handle, Infuser, and Trivet

OPTIER Japanese Cast Iron Tea Kettle with Infuser

Japanese Tetsubin Tea Kettle

Tea Kettle with Infuser for Loose Leaf tea in dark blue

Cast Iron Teapot with Birds and Plum Flower pattern

Japanese Tetsubin Teapot with green hexagon pattern

HwaGui Japanese Style Cast Iron Teapot with Infuser

Japanese Cast Iron Pot Tea Set w/Trivet, Red

ECHUDO Tea Kettle Stainless Steel Infuser

Sotya Tetsubin Japanese Tea Kettle

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