About our pots
Our stone cookware is crafted with one of the highest quality
steatite known as soapstone. It has a beautiful bluish gray colour,
with small veins that give it character. This colour changes to a darker
graphite once cured.
Soapstone has unique characteristics. It is a very strong,
stable natural material, resistant to acids, alkalis, high temperatures and
it does not stain or smell. The pots are durable and of great beauty and
able to retain their heat for longer than any others.
Though quite sturdy, each pot is girdled with a copper band to help
it better withstand kitchen use and to further add to its beauty and utility,
thick solid copper handles are riveted to the band.
Some advantages of cooking with soapstone:
-
Organic, made of ancient healthy natural material.
- Durable, a pot for life.
- Hygienic, does not smell nor retains the flavour of the food.
- Capable of keeping food hot for a very long time, has twice the
heat retaining capacity of iron.
- Supports temperatures as high as 1000C.
- Virtually non-sticky, promotes low fat cooking.
- Easy to clean with sponge and soap.
- Practical as well as decorative, from cooker to the dinning table.
The Stone
QUALITIES
Soapstone is a popular name for the mineral called "STEATITE".
Its primary components are magnetite,
dolomite, chlorite, and talc with the chemical formulae: (Mg3Si4O10(OH)2,
It is a mineral of secondary origin
formed by the alteration of magnesium silicates.
It appearance and texture can vary from white, yellow, blue != gray up to dark grey.
The texture is a soft, silky, resembling the feeling of soap hence the name soapstone
The stone is quarried like granite and marble. It can range in age from
300 to 400 million years old
depending on which part of the planet it is quarried.
