The Complete Tea Set — everything to begin, chosen by hand

Everything to begin a quiet ritual, in one box — the tools I would hand a friend who wanted to start and did not know where to look.

Inside: a real Takayama chasen (the 100-tine whisk that makes or breaks a bowl), an ink-black Mino-yaki bowl with a pour spout, a white-bamboo scoop, a stainless sifter, and a maki-e style caddy. No painful whisk that snaps in a week; no guessing which grade is real; no gap you discover halfway through. Just honest tools, each chosen by hand.

It is the same set you would spend a fortnight assembling yourself, priced a little under buying the pieces one by one. Everything ships duty-paid from Japan — the price at checkout includes any import duty, so nothing unexpected arrives at your door. Ceramics are double-boxed by hand; anything damaged in transit, we replace.

You do not need to know the tea ceremony to use it. A few minutes, a bowl, and your attention. Begin wherever you are.