A tea master’s answer to the bench-top
Gao Liuzhou travels Yunnan and Fujian, tasting and teaching. He often noticed his students kept their daily tea in clear plastic bags or opaque tins — vessels that hid the leaf or suffocated it. He wanted a jar that would honor the visual beauty of the tea and make the morning choice intuitive. In a small glass workshop near Jingdezhen, he collaborated with local blowers to create a simple vessel that marries laboratory durability with tea aesthetics. The result is this 250 ml jar, formed from high-borosilicate glass that can handle temperature swings without cracking. The lid is carved from seasoned bamboo root, chosen for its slight breathability and the soft sound it makes when tightened. The set of two reflects the tea person’s habit of having two teas open at once — perhaps a green and an oolong, or a morning black and an evening white. Each jar is annealed for 24 hours to ensure perfect clarity and resilience. Gao uses them himself in his tea room, lining a shelf with jars of Mí Lán Xiāng and Bái Mǔdān, a visual ledger of current cravings. This is not a jar for aging — it’s for the tea you’ll finish within a week, the tea you reach for every day. It bridges the pristine long-term storage of tea.furniture and the immediacy of the tea table.