Kaikado: Classic Japanese Tea Caddies Made to Last Over a Century

Stores two entirely different kinds of ingredients.

Larger capacity models have a lid with handle for heavy duty use.

Each of the materials has a subtle change of color at a different pace, copper is the quickest to show at 2 or 3 months, followed by brass that can take between 1 or 3 years, while tin can take as long as 5 years.

About 10 years ago, Taka became formally involved in Kaikado, continuing the long tradition of hand made tea caddies and creating new designs that retain their identity while appealing to a global market.

Kaikado has also collaborated with other traditional crafts and companies of Kyoto, creating bags and other accessories for Kaikado’s tea caddies that also help in positioning Kyoto as a city of craftsmen.

Kaikado has also collaborated with other traditional crafts and companies of Kyoto, creating bags and other accessories for Kaikado’s tea caddies that also help in positioning Kyoto as a city of craftsmen.

Another detail variation for the global market is a new wooden handle, also produced by local craftsmen in Kyoto.

Kaikado’s double wall airtight seal help maintain the flavor and freshness of all kinds of food.

Takahiro Yagi learned the craft since a very young age by watching his grandfather and father work at the shop.

Kaikado’s double wall airtight seal helped maintained the flavor and freshness of tea leave for long period, becoming an instant success with dealers and merchants and popularizing tea throughout the country before refrigerators were invented.

Kaikado is continuing the long tradition of hand made tea caddies and creating new designs that retain their identity while appealing to a global market, such as accessories to store and prepare coffee.

Brass can take between 1 or 3 years to change its original appereance.

Tin can take as long as 5 years to show a change in color.

Copper is the quickest to show a change in color with only 2 or 3 months needed.

Today, Kaikado stays true to its origins and hand-made process of over 130 steps, and even still produce some of Kisoyuke’s original designs.

Kaikado is continuing the long tradition of hand made tea caddies and creating new designs that retain their identity while appealing to a global market, such as accessories to store and prepare coffee.

About 10 years ago, Taka became formally involved in Kaikado, continuing the long tradition of hand made tea caddies and creating new designs that retain their identity while appealing to a global market.

As many traditional crafts in Japan, Chazutsu are high quality green products that have been kept relevant in Japanese consumers for over a century.