Buckwheat Pillows

Buckwheat hull pillows were in use from two to three thousand years ago, and now they’re making a comeback. The newest technologies in sleeping are the air chamber mattresses where you can dial in your preferred “sleep number” which signifies the firmness you prefer at any given time, and the “memory foam” type mattress which uses your body heat to make the mattress conform to the shape of your body.

These new technologies work great for the mattresses, but not so great for the pillows, although they’re trying. The requirements and purposes of pillows are different than those for mattresses, and I believe a buckwheat pillow makes the perfect companion to the new technologies used in modern mattresses.

I think it’s really neat when you can combine the technicalities of civilizations thousands of years apart to accomplish the ultimate in sleeping comfort.