Japanese Usurai Tumbler, By Toyo-Sasaki Glass.
This Usurai Thin Ice glassware series features a nice and lightweight feel to your mouth. The thin glass has a high quality form that is both good and light in the mouth, and the thin mouth of the glass combines beauty and strength with the thin finish to deliver the charm of beer and Japanese sake. This convenient tumbler can be used in a variety of ways, from soft drinks such as water and juice, to alcohols such as beer. This series of glassware falls under the icon “HS PLATNIUM”, The HS stands for Premium Grade Glassware which has full surface Ion- Exchange + CC sheer rim finishing. The Usurai glassware is crystal clear and thin yet strong, the unique design, image of a teardrop, diamond and tulip stylish shaped glass for everyday enjoyable experience.
Dimensions: 7.2 x 13.5 x 7.2cm
Capacity: 370ml
Material: “Fine Clear” Glass
Colour: Clear
Origin: Japan
Availability: Indent
This Glass is dishwasher safe.
Toyo-Sasaki Glass Design and make more than 100 different types of Sake glasses by hand and machine.
The Sakes glass are classic and elegant which have been designed by the well known industrial designer Sori Yanagi over 50 years ago.
Toyo-Sasaki Glass (TSG) were founded back in 2002 following the merger of two Japanese oldest and largest glassware manufacturers dating back to 1878, Toyo -Sasaki first commercialised and introduced toughened glassware brand “HS” line in Japan in 1967.
The glassware is renowned for its suburb transparency which is achieved with the use of FINE CLEAR. “Fine Clear” is the brand name of high grade soda-lime glass material developed by Toyo-Sasaki Glass. In addition to its strength, Fine Clear achieves supreme clarity and brightness comparable to crystal glass which makes it an ideal material for glass tableware. All TSG’s machine made production has been completely shifted to Fine Clear to reflect TSG’s relentless pursuit of product excellence. Carefully selected raw materials and state of the art glass melting technology are applied to minimise iron content. Iron is known to have a negative effect to the colour hue of the glass.
