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Tetsubin are Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese cast iron
Cast iron

Cast iron usually refers to Gray iron, but also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys, which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy....
 pots having pouring spout and handle crossing over the top, used for boiling and pouring hot water for drinking purposes, such as for making tea
Tea

Tea refers to the agricultural products of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant, prepared and cured by various methods....
. Because iron is released into the water, the water is appreciated as a dietary source of iron.

Tetsubin traditionally are heated over a charcoal fire.






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Tetsubin
Tetsubin are Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese cast iron
Cast iron

Cast iron usually refers to Gray iron, but also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys, which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy....
 pots having pouring spout and handle crossing over the top, used for boiling and pouring hot water for drinking purposes, such as for making tea
Tea

Tea refers to the agricultural products of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant, prepared and cured by various methods....
. Because iron is released into the water, the water is appreciated as a dietary source of iron.

Tetsubin traditionally are heated over a charcoal fire. In the Japanese art of chanoyu (Japanese tea ceremony
Japanese tea ceremony

What is commonly known in English as the Japanese tea ceremony is called chanoyu or also chado or sado in Japanese....
), the special portable brazier for this is the binkake (see list of Japanese tea ceremony equipment
List of Japanese tea ceremony equipment

This is a list of articles used in Japanese tea ceremony. Please add utensils by category in English and subcategory in Japanese, in alphabetical order....
).

Tetsubin are often elaborately decorated with relief
Relief

A relief is a sculptured artwork where a modelled form is raised, or in sunken-relief lowered, from a flatish background plane without being disconnected from it....
 designs on the outside. They range widely in size, and many have unusual shapes, making them popular with collectors
Collecting

The hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector....
. A relatively small tetsubin may hold around .5 litres of water; large ones may hold around 5 litres.

Red Tetsubin
The historical origin of the tetsubin is not certain At last one authoritative Japanese source states that it developed from the spouted and handled water kettle called tedorigama that was already being used in chanoyu (see Japanese tea ceremony
Japanese tea ceremony

What is commonly known in English as the Japanese tea ceremony is called chanoyu or also chado or sado in Japanese....
) in the era of Sen no Rikyu
Sen no Rikyu

is considered the historical figure with the most profound influence on the Japanese tea ceremony, particularly the tradition of wabi-cha. Rikyu is known by many names; for convenience this article will refer to him as Rikyu throughout....
 (1522-91). During the 19th century infused tea became more popular, and tetsubin were considered primarily status symbol
Status symbol

A status symbol is a perceived visible, external denotation of one's social position and perceived indicator of social status. Many luxury goods are often considered status symbols....
s, rather than functional kitchen items.

There is also a kind of relatively small cast iron pot that resembles a tetsubin but is glazed with enamel
Vitreous enamel

In a discussion of material science, enamel is the colorful result of fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius....
 on the inside in order to lend itself to making brewed tea, and is referred to as an iron kyusu
Kyusu

is a traditional Japanese teapot mainly used for brewing green tea. It is characterized by its unique side handle....
 or teapot. Most often, however, ceramic is used for making kyusu. Kyusu often come with a tea strainer
Tea strainer

A tea strainer is a type of strainer that is placed over or in a teacup to catch tea leaves.When tea is brewed in the traditional manner in a teapot, the tea leaves are not contained in teabags, but rather are freely suspended in the water....
 that fits inside.

The prefectures of Iwate
Iwate Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island. The capital is Morioka, Iwate....
 and Yamagata
Yamagata Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island. Its capital is Yamagata, Yamagata....
 are best known for producing tetsubin as well as iron kyusu.

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See also

  • Japanese tea ceremony
    Japanese tea ceremony

    What is commonly known in English as the Japanese tea ceremony is called chanoyu or also chado or sado in Japanese....
  • Teakettle
  • Cast iron cookware
    Cast iron cookware

    Cast iron is used for cookware and bakeware because it is non-toxic, has excellent heat retention and diffusion properties, and is easy to casting....


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