A step up for a small gathering
The 1.2L kettle is the middle size in Gao Liuzhou’s small kettle line, built for two or three people rather than a solitary session. The extra volume means a slightly longer wait for a boil, but the same clear view of the water throughout — shrimp eyes at the base, crab eyes as the temperature climbs, strings of pearls before the surface breaks into a full roll.
Each kettle begins as a single gather of borosilicate, shaped by hand with wooden blocks, the neck blown by mouth and the spout trimmed with shears while the glass still glows. The process leaves faint, individual ripples in the wall — proof that no two kettles are exactly alike. Annealing runs at 560°C, cooling slowly enough afterward to prevent the stress fractures that a rushed cool-down would leave behind.
Because Gao adds no colourant or coating to the glass, water tastes precisely as it should: sweet, soft, and free of any metallic edge. This size shares bench time with her main gaiwan work, so it restocks irregularly rather than on a fixed schedule.