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These blooming tea flowers turn tea time into a mesmerizing ritual. The blossoms open slowly inside the glass pot, and they’re infused with Chinese tea that delivers delicious fragrance and flavor. Each flower is good for about three infusions. This set includes a beautiful glass teapot with a wire filter and a collectible tin with a dozen wrapped tea blooms, two of each delicious flavor.

Transform the age-old ritual of making tea. These dried tea flowers are actual lotus buds sourced from a monastery on one of China’s holy mountains. Their golden honey aroma evolves into a subtle, more herbal taste and fragrance as you drink. This kit includes a beautiful glass teapot with a wire filter that lets you enjoy the aesthetics, and eight to twelve lotus flower tisanes (each good for up to two infusions).

With palm-sized convenience and lightly frosted sides for added discretion, this little pocket is the perfect air-tight transport for your tiny valuables (or just a tiny snack). Each is plastic-free and seals up to keep food fresh and trinkets in. The bag can even go in the microwave or dishwasher for easy clean up.

Grind it just how you like it. This ceramic burr coffee grinder helps you get the just-right coarseness of ground coffee, depending on your coffee maker (and taste). There are 15 grind settings and it’s made from stainless steel with a ceramic burr that won’t dull or rust over time.

Make your afternoon tea an iced one with a cold brew tea gift set. Cold brewing is a slow and gentle way to infuse tea that creates more intense flavors and aromas. This set has everything you need to brew your own at home, including organic and orthodox loose leaf teas. This means the tea is hand-picked and processed according to traditional practices and it is all sourced from small-scale, non-industrial tea farms. Brewing is easy—just steep the tea overnight in the container, strain, and enjoy.