Mortar for grinding 9.52inch

Japanese Suribachi Mortar & Wooden Pestle — Handcrafted Sesame Grinder

Discover the authentic Japanese way to release flavor and aroma.
This handcrafted Suribachi (mortar) and Surikogi (wooden pestle) set lets you gently grind sesame seeds, herbs, or spices — creating texture and depth that electric grinders can’t match.

Traditional Japanese design: Unglazed ridges inside the bowl help grip and crush seeds easily.

Natural materials: Made from durable ceramic and paired with a smooth wooden pestle.

Versatile use: Perfect for grinding sesame seeds, herbs, nuts, or making small-batch dressings and sauces.

Mindful cooking: Feel the aroma build as you grind — a slow, sensory cooking experience.

Beautiful on the table: Doubles as a rustic serving bowl for sauces or dips.

How to Use
Add roasted sesame seeds or herbs to the bowl.
Gently grind with the wooden pestle in a circular motion.

Enjoy the fresh aroma and texture — perfect for finishing salads, rice, or noodles.

 In Modern American Kitchens
Make a fresh sesame dressing for your salad.
Grind herbs and garlic for pesto or marinade.
Use it as a serving bowl for dips or side dishes.
Keep it on your countertop as a functional piece of kitchen art.

This somewhat nostalgic and stable “suribachi(mortar for grinding)”, which looks like something you might find in your parents' kitchen, is from Iga ware, which is famous for its earthenware pots.
Using the robust Iga clay and black candy glaze, it is the result of a collaboration between Koubo-gama, an Iga-yaki pottery studio, and Azumaya.
The dish is used not only for standard dishes such as sesame paste and grated yam soup, but also for mashed potatoes, cucumbers, and carrots,
Potato salad by mashing potatoes and mixing with cucumbers and carrots. It is also very useful for making sweets by grinding nuts and sesame seeds and mixing them in.
Sometimes, it is even nice to use it as a serving bowl at the table. The shape of the bowl looks simple and rustic, but in fact, it has been carefully designed down to the smallest detail.
The groove just below the inner rim is not just a design feature.
The groove is designed to catch and collect the foodstuffs in one mouth so that they do not flow out of the other mouths when the foodstuffs are grinded in the mortar and pestle and poured into other vessels with great force. The 8” size can be used as a bowl or a serving bowl.
It is also useful for making chilled soup, grated yam, potato salad, etc.

Material: Sansho (Japanese pepper), silk
Capacity: approx. 1400 ml (full) / approx. 1120 ml (eighths)
Weight: 930g
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