The warmer Nara and the holy deers
Nara is MAOCI's most popular warmer. But did you know that there are also the holy deers of Nara?
The city of Nara, located in the south of the Japanese main island of Honshu, is populated with around 400,000 people and around 1,200 deers. To find the reasons why the deers of Nara are still worshiped today, you need to go back thousands of years in the Japanese history.
Once Nara was an important residential city and the famous Fujiwara family owned an ancestral shrine there that still exists today and is known as the Kasuga Shrine. As it is usual for a sacred shrine, the Fujiwara family also had theirs protected by deities, in this case riding on deers. Deers had a great value to the Fujiwara family. The animals were under their special protection and were not allowed to be hunted. So the deers were able to live freely around the Fujiwara estate and shed their natural fear of humans.
Today the deers live among the people of the city and seem to feel at home. The preferred habitat of them is still the forest near the Kasuga shrine. But you can also meet them on all squares and streets in the city of Nara. The animals are exceptionally trusting, mingle with people and allow themselves to be fed with rice cakes that are baked especially for them.
Have we aroused your interest in the warmer Nara and other cast iron products from MAOCI? Then take a look into our current catalogue, which you can view here as an online lookbook. Orders can now also be placed easily via WhatsApp (order hotline +49 (0) 160 – 75 90 049). For more information, contact us via e-mail (info@maoci.de) or by phone (+49 (0) 234 - 36 93 97 70).
Matcha – the green gold
Did you know that matcha has a long tradition? More than 800 years ago, tea was brought to Japan from China by Buddhist monks
With its bright green colour, intense taste and stimulating effect, matcha tea has recently become of the most fashionable drinks. The finely grounded green tea has a long tradition. More than 800 years ago, Matcha was brought from China to Japan by Buddhist monks and used for rituals and meditation. The matcha tea ceremony was initially reserved for the nobility, Samurai and Zen monks. To this day, the ritual of drinking tea has shaped the Asian population of every social class.
Knowledge of Matcha production in Asia has been lost. Only in Japan, most likely because of its isolated location, has the secret of Matcha production has been kept and used. In modern times, the former inventors of Matcha, the Chinese, recognized how valuable this type of green tea is and cultivated Matcha in the tradition way.
Until January 31st you receive a fantastic 10% discount on all Matcha sets basic and premium at MAOCI. All available matcha sets can be found on pages 176 to 189 in our current catalogue, which you can also view online as a lookbook here. For prices and further information please contact us via email (info@maoci.de) or by phone (+49 (0) 234 - 36 93 97 70).
Take a matcha for the new year!
Welcome to the MAOCI Matcha weeks! In January you get 10% discount on the Matcha sets basic and premium
With this offer, the start into the new year will be like another celebration for you and your customers! For the whole January you will receive a fabulous 10% discount on all Matcha sets basic and premium!
The basic set still includes a Matcha bowl, a Matcha whisk and a Matcha spoon. The premium set also comes with a matcha whisk holder. Like all MAOCI products, these items are also handmade. Both, the shape and the color finish of the matcha bowls are elaborately handcrafted, which makes each one unique.
Both matcha sets are available in an elegant photo box with practical instructions for preparing matcha tea on the back. Here it is explained exactly how the perfect tea can be prepared in six steps.
All available matcha sets can be found on pages 176 to 189 in our current catalogue, which you can also view online as a lookbook here. For prices and further information please contact us via email (info@maoci.de) or by phone (+49 (0) 234 - 36 93 97 70).
Merry christmas!
MAOCI wishes a merry christmas full of happiness and peace - and a lovely move into the new year
“Tradition is a Lantern. The foolish hold on to it, the clever allow it to lead the way.”
Dear partners, dear MAOCI-fans,
with these words we would like to leave you for our Christmas holidays and we wish you as well as your friends and families a wonderful and peaceful Christmas time!
We look back to successful twelve months, when we had to manage many challenges again. But we succeeded and could compose a significantly expanded range for you, which we were able to present to you for the first time in our catalog before summer. However, following the sentences above, we are by far not finished yet. This year´s work will show us the path in 2023. Many new products have already been ordered and new ideas have been developed.
Look forward with us onto an exciting new year! And another advise: Make a note of January 2nd in your calendar.
Just ordered, already delivered
At MAOCI you don´t need to wait for your order - even during pre-Christmas time, the shipping usually happens within 48 hours
It is hard to believe – but time flies by. Only two more weeks and it is already Christmas. And we at MAOCI know that this time of the year is the one with the highest sales for our customers. Even more you can also fully rely on MAOCI during this pre-Christmas time.
It usually does not take longer than 48 hours from receipt of the order, through picking and packaging to shipping. If necessary, partial deliveries will be sent to ensure that you receive the goods in time. The MAOCI logistics and shipping departments work at full speed for you and achieve true masterpieces.
Just because: We at MAOCI are only satisfied when our customers are satisfied.