MIT Luxury Ashera Phunnel Bowl - Cedar

Cedar takes its tones from the sage-and-teal hill forests of Lebanon — the same groves the Phoenicians considered sacred to Ashera, and the same cedar wood that built temples across the ancient Mediterranean. Single-spire phunnel architecture, glazed stoneware, 12 to 15 g capacity, sized for the Kaloud Lotus 1+ and 1+3.

Single Spire Phunnel · Lotus 1+ Compatible · Handmade In Turkey

MIT Luxury Ashera Cedar — Hand-Glazed Phunnel Bowl, 12 to 15 g Capacity

Why This Shisha Bowl

• Sage-and-teal glaze run. The glaze breaks vertically across the body, sage settling into teal where it pools at the rim and the stem. The lighter unglazed clay shows through at the top edge — MIT's signature reveal of the stoneware underneath.
• One central spire, one hole. Classic phunnel geometry — heat draws through a single point at the crown of the spire, which slows the burn and keeps molasses in the bowl rather than the stem. The four-petal notch at the spire top is the MIT design mark.
• For dark leaf and mixes. The phunnel architecture is forgiving — handles dark leaf brands like Tangiers or Trifecta on a dense pack, and equally happy with controlled blonde-and-dark mixes. Not a Turkish bowl, so not the right tool for pure blonde-leaf cloud chasing.
• Sized for the Kaloud Lotus. 78 mm outer rim accepts the Lotus 1+ and Lotus 1+3 flush — both confirmed by our team. Foil and Provost setups also fit cleanly if you prefer manual heat control over an HMD.
• 12 to 15 g per pack. Long-session capacity without crowding the bowl. The 93 mm height gives the tobacco column room to breathe between the spire and the rim.
• Twice-fired Turkish stoneware. Bisque-fired at 950°C, then glaze-fired between 1240 and 1280°C — high enough to vitrify the body and lock the food-safe glaze permanently. Embossed MIT mark on the stem face.

Fit & Compatibility

Both the Kaloud Lotus 1+ and Lotus 1+3 sit flush on the 78 mm outer rim — we've tested both across the Ashera range. The 62 mm inner chamber gives the HMD a clean footprint without overhang. Traditional foil and Provost setups also work cleanly for smokers who prefer manual heat control. Standard hookah grommet seat, compatible with any modern stem.

Care & Maintenance

• Wash with warm (never hot) water and a soft brush between sessions. The food-safe glaze layer means the bowl won't carry flavour from one shisha to the next — swap freely.
• Skip the dish soap, abrasive cleaners, and dishwashers. Repeated dishwasher cycles can dull the glaze and stress the stoneware over time.
• Always let the bowl cool to room temperature before rinsing. Sudden temperature changes can crack fired clay.
• Store somewhere dry and temperature-stable. Don't stack bowls — clay-on-clay contact chips the rims.

In the Box

• 1 × MIT Luxury Ashera Phunnel shisha bowl, Cedar colourway

Not included: Heat management device, shisha, charcoal, foil, grommet. Pair with a Kaloud Lotus 1+ or 1+3 for the cleanest HMD experience.

Will my Cedar bowl match the photos exactly?

No — and that's the point. Each Cedar piece is hand-glazed in small batches, so the sage-to-teal gradient runs differently across every bowl. The colour family will match — cedar-green tones, the lighter teal where the glaze pools, and the signature unglazed clay band at the rim — but the exact drip pattern is unique to your bowl. Read the handmade variation notes below for the full picture.

What kind of shisha works best in this bowl?

Dark leaf is the sweet spot — Tangiers, Trifecta, Azure, and Darkside all ride a phunnel cleanly because the architecture slows the burn. Blonde-and-dark mixes work too. If you're packing pure blonde leaf alone (Al Fakher, Adalya, Starbuzz), the airflow on a phunnel can feel tight — most blonde-leaf smokers prefer a multi-hole Turkish for unrestricted draw.

Does the glaze affect the smoking experience?

Only slightly. The food-safe glaze layer on the Ashera makes the surface non-porous — flavours don't carry between sessions, and the bowl is much easier to clean. The trade-off versus an unglazed bowl is that the glaze doesn't develop the flavour-seasoning character that some dark-leaf purists prefer. For most smokers, the cleanability wins.