30 DAYS OPEN PURCHASEZero point seven litres is a saucepan for one thing at a time: melting butter, warm milk for coffee, a reduction of balsamic vinegar, hollandaise in a small format. It is the size that is always hardest to find in the right material: too small to justify cast iron, too specific to want to compromise with an oversized saucepan where the sauce burns at the edges.
The NanoBond technology from Hestan bonds thousands of titanium-based nano-layers to the surface of 18/10 steel at a molecular level via a vacuum chamber procedure in an oxygen-free environment at extremely high temperature. Titanium and chromium-based alloys are permanently fused with the steel structure and create a surface that is four times harder than the underlying 18/10 steel, non-porous and non-reactive. This is especially relevant in a small format: acidic reductions, melted butter and dairy products spend a long time at high temperature in a small vessel, and a non-reactive surface ensures that no metallic flavour is released into what is being cooked. The titanium surface is entirely free from synthetic coating agents and withstands metal utensils without surface damage.
Made in three layers of steel with a ProCore core of pure aluminium. Hestan states that the ProCore core provides 35 percent better heat conductivity compared to other three-layer cookware. Maximum temperature: 565 degrees Celsius. Works on all heat sources including induction. Dishwasher safe with sealed edges. Capacity: 0.7 litres. Without a lid. Made by Hestan.
