‘People bring back 100-year-old tea caddies to get them fixed so they can keep using them.’ And Kaikado does the work.
KYOTO, Japan — Kaikado tea caddies, sleek cylinders of various sizes that come in brass, copper and tin, look like prototypes for the future. Which makes it all the more surprising that their design has not changed in nearly 150 years.
Crafted by the Yagi family for six generations, the caddies are called chazutsu in Japanese (“cha” is the Japanese word for tea, “zutsu” for canister).
They come with simple care instructions: don’t wash, don’t refrigerate and gently caress them every day; the oil from a person’s skin helps gives them
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