Japanese Vintage Stoneware Coffee Cup and Saucer

A handmade stoneware coffee cup with its saucer, in a vintage Japanese style. The cup measures roughly 8.5 cm across the rim.

Eight and a half centimetres is a proper coffee cup rather than a mug — the size that suits an espresso with milk or a short black, drunk while it is hot. A larger cup guarantees the last third goes cold.

Stoneware is heavier and more porous than porcelain, which is why it holds heat longer and why each piece takes the glaze slightly differently. Handmade means the wall thickness and the glaze break vary from cup to cup; that is the point rather than a fault.

A cup with its own saucer changes how it is used. A mug is carried away; a cup and saucer stays on a table, which is the difference between drinking coffee and having coffee.

• 8.5 cm rim: a coffee cup, not a mug — drunk hot
• Handmade stoneware: glaze and thickness vary piece to piece
• Holds heat: stoneware over thin porcelain
• Saucer included: a cup that stays at the table
• Vintage Japanese style: understated rather than decorated
• Hand wash: to protect a handmade glaze

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