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Textile
Washed linen tea towels, set of two
The towel that actually dries glasses.
$46 CAD
In stock, ships from Toronto in 1–2 business days
Linen dries faster than cotton and does not shed lint, which is why bartenders and a lot of cooks reach for it over terry towels. These are woven from European flax and stonewashed so they arrive already broken-in, not stiff like raw linen.
You get two per set, in a muted oatmeal that hides the inevitable turmeric stain better than white does. They are honestly a little thin at first. A few washes fluffs the weave and they get noticeably softer and thirstier.
- Material
- 100% European flax linen
- Size
- 50 x 70 cm each
- Set
- Two towels
- Finish
- Stonewashed, hemmed
- Care
- Machine wash warm
- Colour
- Oatmeal
Care & use
Machine wash warm and tumble dry low, or line dry. They soften more out of the dryer. Skip fabric softener; it coats the fibres and kills the absorbency that makes linen worth it.
- A hot wash removes most kitchen stains.
- Iron only if you like ironing. Nobody here does.
Good to know
New linen feels thinner and less plush than a fluffy cotton towel, and some people return it before the third wash when it comes into its own. Give it three washes before you decide.
Free returns 30 days
Defect warranty
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Living with flax linen
Linen behaves backwards from what you expect of a towel. New, it feels stiff and almost papery, and plenty of people nearly send it back on day one. Give it three or four wash cycles and it transforms — soft, supple, and noticeably more absorbent than the cotton it replaced. It is the towel that improves while everything else in the drawer wears out.
The reason is the fibre. Long-strand flax is naturally lint-free, so it dries glasses and knife blades without leaving fuzz behind, and it wicks water fast instead of just smearing it around. It also dries quickly on the rail, which is half of why linen has been a kitchen staple for a few hundred years.
What they’re good for
Drying stemware and blades without streaks, covering a rising dough, lining a bread basket, or just grabbing a hot pot handle. Two towels is enough to keep one in rotation while the other is in the wash.
- ✓Two washed-linen tea towels, roughly 50 × 70 cm each
- ✓A hanging loop on every towel
- ✓Wash-and-care card — and yes, they can go in the machine
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