WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT: While other other mortar and pestle sets are small or lightweight, our solidly built set weighs about a hefty 5 pounds - keeping it in place on your counter while you work. We also made sure to design our pestle with a wide, broad head. Other products have narrow pestle heads which require much more work to grind your ingredients. Our pestle is also longer than our competitors'- which will keep your knuckles from banging against the side of the mortar while you work.WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO: Our goal is to create timeless, beautiful, useful kitchen tools. Because of this we built our mortar and pestle with all the key features that make grinding your favorite seasoning easy and quick - a deep bowl that will keep ingredients from splattering, a grooved interior which helps grip ingredients for more efficient grinding, a footed bowl which adds steadiness while you work, a non-scratch skid proof pad to protect your countertop. 1.5 cup capacity.EASY, QUICK, AND PAINLESS: Our goal is to help people create deliciousness in the kitchen efficiently and painlessly. Because we know you'll be crushing garlic in your mortar and pestle, we've included a complementary garlic peeler in our set. Super handy for making pesto, sauces and more with your beautiful white and grey veined marble Gramercy Kitchen Co mortar and pestle.CUSTOMER CARE PROMISE: GKC strives to create complete customer satisfaction, period. Our customers mean more to us than our sales. If you are unhappy with your set for any reason, we will replace or refund your order. Zero questions asked. We also love to help out however we can by any answering questions you may have. Don’t hesitate to reach out via Amazon's buyer/seller messaging system (you can message us via your order information) - we love to help!BONUSES! With your purchase you will receive a downloadable recipe guide with tried and true go-to recipes for your mortar and pestle. Our guide will help you get tons of tasty ideas for using your timeless new kitchen tool.