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Sovereign Standard

The collection

A ritual that
continues.

Collect monthly $34 / vessel / month

Each $34 Black Tin Vessel holds NET WT. 2 OZ. (57 g) and yields at least fourteen cups—approximately $2.42 per cup at the vessel price. The same composed tea returns each month, ready to enter an existing ritual or become one. Cancel anytime.

Commit yearly · save $96 $408 / year · 12 monthly vessels

Pay for one complete annual sequence at the same $34 vessel rate and receive free shipping. Each month draws the next available number from the live queue, so future vessel numbers remain unknown until fulfillment.

Close view of the actual Sovereign Standard loose-leaf tea blend
The composed tea

Leaf, stem, depth, and lift. The same composed taste, aroma, and color become familiar before the water arrives.

I

Meaning through repetition.

Sovereign Standard begins with one composed tea—grounded in spring-harvest Yabukita sencha from Shizuoka—and the belief that repetition gives a daily ritual meaning. It is a functional luxury: stable enough to return to, distinctive enough to notice.

Taste, aroma, color, preparation, and material form remain consistent. Each numbered Black Tin Vessel holds NET WT. 2 OZ. (57 g), yields at least fourteen cups, and gives the ritual a distinct place in an ongoing record.

II

A complete daily form

  1. 01Tea

    One composed taste, aroma, and color palette grounded in deep-steamed Shizuoka sencha.

  2. 02Vessel

    A numbered Black Tin Vessel, filled to NET WT. 2 OZ. (57 g) and made to be kept.

  3. 03Prepare

    At least 14 cups · 2 tbsp leaf · 6 fl oz water · 140°F · 90 seconds.

  4. 04Record

    Use gives the object history. Its public record lets that history continue.

III

A ritual made visible

Every numbered Black Tin Vessel has a place in the continuing record. Witness works appear as attached circles, making the relationships gathered through use visible over time.

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Records indexed136

Witness relations

Vessel record Witness Collected