Airtight Ceramic Kitchen Canisters

Airtight ceramic canisters with a polished glaze, in six colours. Ceramic does something glass can't: it blocks light. Coffee, tea, spices and dried herbs all degrade faster on a sunlit shelf, and an opaque body is the difference between beans that taste of something in three weeks and beans that don't.

Six colours — red, yellow, white, navy, pink and blue — so a set can be coded by contents or matched to the room. The trade-off against glass is that you need to label them, since you can't see in.

Why you'll love it

• Blocks light — coffee, tea and spices keep their flavour longer.
• Airtight — seals against moisture as well as air.
• Six colours — red, yellow, white, navy, pink, blue.
• Polished glaze — wipes clean, doesn't absorb.

Details

• Material: glazed ceramic, airtight lid
• Colours: red, yellow, white, navy, pink, blue
• Ideal for: coffee, tea, sugar, spices, dried herbs

Label them. Opaque canisters are better for the contents and worse for your memory, and three identical jars of pale powder is a problem you only make once.