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Today, the sixth generation Takahiro Yagi (pictured here) and his father, along with four other craftsman, still make every caddy by hand.
Kaikado Tin 200g Caddy with floating inner lid
£200.00
Kaikado of Kyoto are the oldest makers of handmade tin tea caddies in the world. The first generation began producing their innovative Chazutsu caddies in 1875 using sheets of tin specially imported from Cornwall.
Their iconic cylinder caddies quickly became the style of caddy everyone copied but their quality was never equalled. Their ancestor’s caddies are still used by families across Japan including the Japanese Imperial household.
Each caddy has two layers: an inner layer of tin, and an outer layer of tin, brass, copper or silver. The double wall of metal is perfect for storage, keeping the tins completely airtight and the contents dry. With daily use the outer metal layer soon develops a unique patina.
Kaikado and Postcard Teas have collaborated for several years and recently launched Postcard Teas caddies in the UK and Japan. The sixth generation of Kaikado, Takahiro Yagi, regularly visits our central London store to meet customers, engrave their tea scoops, and demonstrate how Kaikado’s tea caddies are meticulously hand made.
NB. All Kaikado caddies are handmade and as such will have small imperfections such as marks or scratches, especially on the inside (which is left unpolished) and on the join of the lid and body where there is a mark used by the craftsmen to calibrate the caddy. The outer metal, especially the tin, also has a grain which varies from one batch of tin to another. Please be aware that these imperfections are normal and part of the hand production process rather than defects.
Dimensions: 92mmx136mm
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