Tactile hand-hammered glass
Mix up a batch of Pimms or Long-Island iced tea; stick it on the dinner table with iced water and lemon slices when you're feeling fancy; fill it with cut flowers... however you use it, a nice glass jug always comes in handy. And this one is a REALLY nice glass jug. Artisan-crafted in India from recycled glass, the Minati jug from nkuku has a slightly greenish hue and a lovely hand-hammered texture. Stylish and rustic, it's the kind of thing that fits in just as well for casual backyard barbecues as it does for flashier dining. For the full effect, you can pick up some matching tumblers too.
- Made in hand-hammered recycled glass for a unique patina and texture
- Subtle green-tinged hue
- 2.5-litre capacity
- Handmade in India
- Dishwasher safe
- Colour: clear
- Material: glass
- Dishwasher safe: yes
- Food safe: yes
- Dimensions: 17 x 17 x 42 cm
- Capacity: 2500 ml
- Weight: 1.2 kg
- Recycled Materials -Made from recycled glass
- Global Certification -nkuku is a certified B-Corp, and hold the highest regard and respect for their employees, communities, and the environment.
- Charity partnership - nkuku are partnered with Frank Water who work to improve access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in India, Nepal and Kenya and alsoTil the Cost is Clear which is a Community Interest Company who focus on regeneration, working with local communities by clearing shorelines of plastic pollution
Like so many of the best things in life, nkuku began with an adventure. It was 2002, and Ali and Alex were on a round-the-world trip when they found themselves smitten with the artisan products they came across in East Africa. As they journeyed on through Africa and into India, they started shipping bits and bobs home with the plan to sell them when they got back.
Moving to rural Devon on their return, the couple set up a travelling market stall and when that took off, they started collaborating with a family they'd met in India to design and produce beautiful handcrafted homewares. In those early days, they operated out of an old hayloft on Dartmoor, packing orders late into the night while their baby daughter snoozed in a cardboard cot under a pile of coats.
Fast-forward 20-odd years and the business might have outgrown the market stall, but Ali and Alex are still working to the same three principles they started out with: striving to make their products ethical, eco-friendly and handmade. Manufacturing mostly in Asia, nkuku works with social projects, co-operatives, charity partners and small family firms, and they smashed their B-Corp certification right out of the park with a score of 96.4 (you only need 80 to make the grade). Closer to home, theyre also supporting initiatives to clear up plastic pollution on the south Devon coast. Theyre all-round good sorts, making beautiful handcrafted products.
