Item Descriptions:

History of steel bottles

Tea ceremony called "iron bottle" in Japan can be seen first in the age of warring States when Sen no Rikyu was active, there are various opinions, also known as the middle Edo period when production was established.

The history is shallow compared to other tea ceremony, and the time is not clear, deeply deforming, such as attaching a handle so as to make it easy to use the tea ceremony transmitted from China, decorating it and so on, taking a long time slowly "iron bottle

It can be said that it has established the genre of the tool called "Weapons".

Later, in the late Edo period, Meiji, Taisho and Showa, four periods, over 100 years, the iron bottle widely spread throughout Japan.

There are other tools to boil water in Japan, but the kettle is made mainly of copper, whereas the iron bottle is made of cast iron, if you avoid avoiding frying, you can also leave it on direct flame, and fire

It is said that it is one of the reasons why steel bottles were widely spread, that it is superior in heat retention properties even if you descended from it.

Caring for iron bottles

○ Always dry after use

○ Do not leave the water in (leaving it surely rust)

○ Turn on the scalp (it becomes hard to rust as much as you get caught, the hot water becomes delicious)

○ I do not care if rust comes out (harmless to the body)

○ You do not have to worry about care of the outside so much (When you come up, wipe it clean)

About rust of iron bottle

○ The inside of the iron bottle will surely become rusty.

But I am fine, please feel at ease.

○ Never touch inside the iron bottle!

○ Processing in steel bottles

"Ball stopper"

In order to avoid rusting easily inside the steel bottle, we will take anti-rust measures called "metal stopper" at the final stage of iron bottle production, that is, at the stage of finishing.

Treat this process called "gold stopper" or "kettle burning" so that the inside of the iron bottle will not rust.

This bleach stop refers to the process of baking iron bottles at a temperature of 800 ° C to 1000 ° C until it turns red with charcoal fire.

This will cause the surface of iron bottle

"Oxide film"

Will be made.

Thanks to this oxide film, it prevents iron bottles from rusting from the beginning.

Of course it does not rust at all.

Both of this oxide film can be removed.

By the time the oxide film can be taken out, the inside of the iron bottle also settled down, gradually

Scalp

(Yuaca) is coming up.

In other words, there is a role in preventing the rust of the iron bottle easily, until the bottle can be made, in the gold stopper.

The inside of the iron bottle which is stopped by the bull is becoming whitish.

■ The southern steel bottle produced at TOWAKOUBOU is made by careful manual work based on traditional techniques.

The quality of its quality, elegant style does not allow others to follow,

Authentic Southern part

We have patrons from all over the country as a representative iron bottle.

Please have a look at the iron bottle of TOWAKOUBOU that I made with my work.

Features:

• Dimensions (Approx.): 17 cm × 13 cm × 16 cm Weight (Approx.): 1 kg Capacity (Approx.): 0.65 L
• Heat source: gas · charcoal · IH cooker
• The interior is a traditional kettle grill (gold stopper).
• Sturdy points are also attractive.
• * Coloring: "Ogaro (iron oyster liquid + tea juice)"
• It is thinner (about 2 mm) than the usual iron bottle, light and easy to handle, the magnificence of the southern part iron can fully enjoy the item.
• The hot water is mellow and delicious!
• Supports iron supplementation further!
• ※ With a joint box, with instructions.
• As for the delivery date, we may be able to prepare quickly, so please contact us in case of hurry.

Product information:

Shipping Weight: 1610 g

Package Dimensions: 20.09 x 20.09 x 20.80 cm