The pan you reach for most isn't the showpiece — it's the one that handles the morning milk for chai, the sauce that needs watching, the reduction you don't want to scorch.

This tin-lined hammered copper saucepan is raised by hand from a single sheet of copper, lined inside with tin so it handles even acidic food safely. Copper takes the heat the instant the flame rises and lets it go the instant you lower it, so what's in the pan answers to you, not the metal. It's hammered and finished in Peshawar, the home of Pakistan's coppersmiths, and comes with its own matching lid.

Honest, exact, and reached for more than anything else in the kitchen.

The details
Solid copper with tin-lined interior · matching lid · 1.5 L capacity · hand-hammered in Peshawar · naturally antibacterial; the tin lining keeps copper from reacting with acidic food.

Care
Hand wash with mild soap · no abrasive cleaners · store dry.