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I'm letting go of this barely used, but greatly adored, Yamada Sou shudei kyusu, ~210ml. It's too large of a volume for my current usage is the only reason I'm selling it.

I purchased it new from Tokoname Isobe. It's in perfect condition, and will come with the original tomobako (pictures in Google photos link). Only used with high quality sencha, which it brews wonderfully.

There's a link to a Google Photos album at the bottom with many more pictures, including some from the original seller.

Selling for $200

Payments via PayPal in USD with $10 towards USPS shipping to anywhere in the USA. I will gladly ship outside of the USA if you want to use a reshipment service.

Feel free to reply or PM me with any questions and I will try to get back to you within 24 hours.

Thanks for looking!





Google Photos Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/i4maPqfyDyamHSxbA

Great price! Beautiful light elegant pot.

I’m curious, how much tea leaf and water do you normally use for each infusion?

Tor wrote: ↑

Sun May 11, 2025 2:33 am

I’m curious, how much tea leaf and water do you normally use for each infusion?

I prefer higher concentration brewing. More along the parameters that Florent from TDJ recommends, so ~4g/70ml.

I used to do 2 sessions a day with 100ml - 140ml pots. Moved to larger pots like this one to save time and do one larger volume session. Now I have even less time, so 1 small session and back to small pots.

I see. Do you think would there be any disadvantages by using bigger v smaller pot brewing with the same amount of water (70ml in this case)?

nasalfrog wrote: ↑

Sun May 11, 2025 8:03 am

Tor wrote: ↑

Sun May 11, 2025 2:33 am

I’m curious, how much tea leaf and water do you normally use for each infusion?

I prefer higher concentration brewing. More along the parameters that Florent from TDJ recommends, so ~4g/70ml.

I used to do 2 sessions a day with 100ml - 140ml pots. Moved to larger pots like this one to save time and do one larger volume session. Now I have even less time, so 1 small session and back to small pots.

Tor wrote: ↑

Sun May 11, 2025 3:16 pm

I see. Do you think would there be any disadvantages by using bigger v smaller pot brewing with the same amount of water (70ml in this case)?

The main disadvantage would probably be heat loss, but it might be an advantage with some senchas or gyokuro.

I did experiment a couple of years ago with this pot and little water. I was able to adjust temps and time to make it work with savory senchas… at least for the first infusion with the pot prewarmed. It was just hard for me to gauge how much water I was using in subsequent infusions without weighing the pot while filling it with water.

In the end, it’s more enjoyable to me to work with a smaller pot to begin with… plus all of my brewing notes are based around pots that are at least half to 80% full.

I see. Thank you so much.