Mino Ware Champagne Luster Sake Set | Katakuchi Pour-Pitcher & Cup, Red or White Porcelain

A 2-piece sake set that wears its lighting like champagne. The katakuchi pour-pitcher and its matching sake cup are fired in white Mino porcelain, then finished with a luster overlay that breaks into fine bubble-lace — the supplier's reference to シャンパーニュ (champagne) is literal: the surface mimics the foam-front of sparkling wine the instant it hits the glass.

Spec

• Made by 仁峰 (Ninpou) / Mino Ware in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, curated by ZenKiln
• Material: porcelain (磁器) with fired luster (ラスター) decoration
• Tradition: Mino-yaki (美濃焼) — designated traditional craft of eastern Gifu
• Set contents: 1 katakuchi pour-pitcher + 1 matching-color sake cup (2 pieces)
• Color variants: Red / White — choose at checkout

Katakuchi (片口 — sake pour-pitcher)

• Size: ~95 × 80 × 120 mm (3.7" × 3.1" × 4.7")
• Capacity: ~300 mL (10.1 fl oz / 1.3 cups)
• Weight: ~170 g (~6.0 oz)

Sake cup (盃 — sakazuki / ochoko-class)

• Size: φ 55 × 55 mm (φ 2.2" × 2.2")
• Capacity: ~50 mL (1.7 fl oz)
• Weight: ~70 g (~2.5 oz)

How to use

• Cold sake: pour from the katakuchi into the cup for slow ginjō tasting.
• Warm sake: microwave-safe for gentle warming (not prolonged cooking).
• Cross-use: the 50 mL cup also suits a small whisky pour or amaro tasting.
• For a pair: buy one Red Set and one White Set — see the side-by-side photos.

Why every piece is slightly different

The luster finish breaks open during the second firing — the pattern depends on kiln position and temperature variance. The supplier frames this as 「器の表情」("the vessel's expression"), not a defect. Each piece is one of a kind within the colorway.

Care

• Top-rack dishwasher: yes
• Microwave: yes (sake warming only)
• Avoid steel wool or abrasive cleansers on the luster surface

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