An apparatus for transferring a viscous material, the apparatus comprising: a) a first container capable of containing a viscous material; b) a transfer piston insertable in the first container so that the piston forms a circumferential seal with respect to the container, the transfer piston including a hole; and c) a mechanism for attaching an aperture of a second container to the hole in the transfer piston; wherein insertion of the transfer piston into the first container causes the viscous material to pass through the aperture into the second container.