The shop is outfitted with the original tea canisters, scales and worn wood counters.

In fact, these jars were far more precious than gold to the Japanese because of their ability to act as tea canisters.

Customers will find the same elaborate tea canisters and tea accessories and the more than 400 kinds of tea she sold before.

She pulled down a mug from the cabinet, snagging the tea canister as well.

Like Mechazawa, he is often mistaken for something else, such as a tea canister.

"I saw the same tin boxes my grandmother had, the same tea canisters," she said.

She dropped the lid of the tea canister twice before she was able to replace it properly.

"The sugar and tea canisters."

Rand nodded and got the tea canister, but he wanted to know everything.

Until about 1800 they were called tea canisters rather than caddies.