Kami Shot Glass

Closed, opens tomorrow 11amIndependent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Woodland Mod when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

These beautiful wooden cups are made by grinding “Sen” wood (castor aralia) from Hokkaido. Shaped by hand using a potter’s wheel, it is only a thickness of about 2mm. This makes it thin enough for light to pass through, and hence the name, “Kami”, a Japanese word for paper. The feel of the wood on one’s lips is warm and gentle in comparison to traditional cold glassware, and the low thermal conductivity of the wood means that the temperature from hot drinks will transfer to your hands very slowl