About us

We are passionate about two things: the perfect cup of tea and how to serve it. For generations, Jianzhan TOPBORING tea cups have been considered the ideal choice to get the very best from your cup of tea. These traditional, handle-less tea cups are as precious as they are rare, which is why they are so highly sought after. And we are proud to be bringing the Jianzhan Tenmoku experience to the world!

We Only Work With the Finest Craftsman

Craftsmanship is very important to us: it is what distinguishes our high end and unique brand from the many cheap replicas you can find on the market. It is the high quality of our craftsman work that makes each piece of TOPBORING pottery so special.

Our artisan craftsman train for years to create stunning pieces that you can both use in your everyday life and display as works of art. Each TOPBORING piece is lovingly created by hand, ensuring that each piece is truly unique.

What Is a TOPBORING Teacup?

We are often asked, what is a Jianzhan TOPBORING Teacup? The answer is twofold: what makes these tea cups special is both their unique shape and their specialist glaze. Juanzhan Tenmoku tea cups are bowl shaped, but with a wide brim that allows the tea to stew and cool perfectly. They are glazed at a very high heat using a glaze with a high iron content, which creates a blackened and distinctively beautiful pattern that is unique only to Jianzhan Tenmoku pottery.

Whilst the glaze is always dark, Jianzhan Tenmoku pottery can be produced in a wide range of colours. The most traditional shades are brown and dark blue, but modern sets are also produced in shades of green, red, orange and even yellow. True tea affictionados believe that the mysterious dark glaze of the Jianzhan Tenmoku tea set is perfectly placed to highlight the light colour of the tea, showing it off in the best possible way.

Always Ready With the Right Topboring Tea Cup For You

We believe that tea is the perfect solution to any problem that your day might bring, and that there is no better way to drink that tea than from a Tenmoku tea cup: it is our mission to ensure that the Tenmoku tea cup enters the mainstream, and provide more people than ever the opportunity to experience and enjoy drinking their tea from this unique vessel.

We are proud to ship our Jianzhan Tenmoku tea cups all over the world. We are proud to work with the finest artists, and we are proud to share our passion, and make it yours.

How will you use your Jianzhan Tenmoku tea cup? And which colour will you choose?

 “If man has no tea in him then he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty” - Ancient Japanese Proverb

Here at Tenmokus, we strive to bring the best service, and experiences for all our beloved customers, and below are some of their reviews: