11 Gift ideas for the tea lover in our life

Finding gift ideas for the tea lover in your life might be challenging.
Especially if you have no idea what’s all the fuss with tea and dropping some dried leaves in hot water, don’t worry I’ve got you covered! No, I will not take it personally, I know that not everyone loves tea as much as I do.

We, tea lovers, are almost a different species! We love this beautiful ceremony and its every step and we probably already have way too much tea at home already. But the secret is that we will always be happy to get yet another tea-related item.

And it doesn’t even have to be a physical product! Made you curious already?
Check the list of tea gifts below, you can’t go wrong with the ideas on this list.

Disclaimer: Some of the links on this page are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.

Tea sets

Flowering Tea Assortment Collection

Have the ultimate tea experience over 750 times with Teabloom’s Blooming Teas. Each tea flower contains Grade AA green tea leaves carefully selected by Teabloom’s artisans.
They combine loose tea leaves with all-natural edible flowers in 36 varieties. This blend is then hand-sewn into a tea ball or heart shape and carefully sealed in foil to preserve its freshness until you’re ready to drink.
When you place the tea blossom into a glass teapot, you’ll witness a marvelous flower unfurling it’s petals before your very eyes. Each tea blossom has its own unique flower and flavor.

Loose Leaf Tea Gift Set

Give the tea lover in your life four essential teas with the Loose Leaf Tea Gift Set.
Packed with English Breakfast, Earl Grey Creme, Jasmine Pearls, and Egyptian Chamomile, the Loose Leaf Tea Gift Set is a must for any tea enthusiast.

Holiday Gift Set

Give the flavors of the holiday season with the Holiday Sampler Gift Set. This collection of Fall and Holiday teas includes Dark Chocolate Peppermint, Pumpkin Spice Chai, Apple Pie, Butterscotch and a Klean Kanteen tumbler.

Chinese Porcelain Gongfu Tea Set with Hand-painted Pattern

This Chinese porcelain gongfu tea set is available in three different beautiful colors, one is decorated with colored glaze hand-painted lotus pattern, one is blue and white hand-painted lotus pattern, and the other is bright red hand-painted Chinese knot pattern. It adopts superior quality pottery clay as a material, which is featured with fine-texture and smooth characteristics. It has an elegant design with a bright and beautiful appearance, and all the components of this tea set are thick-walled. Besides, the line of the pottery surface is very smooth and it even feels very comfortable in the hand, which is able to retain the fragrance and flavors of the tea. If you tap this tea set with your fingers, you’ll hear a crisp and sonorous sound.

Ge Yao Porcelain Travel Tea Set

This travel set includes 1 teapot, 4 cups, 1 bamboo tea tray, and 1 leather bag. The bag contains thick foam filling to provide a safer way to hold and transport everything held inside, and the tray is made of two pieces: a bamboo top and a melamine resin dump tray, which is non-toxic, odorless, and sturdy with high heat and corrosion resistance.

The Ge Yao teaware in this set was produced in Dehua, and are notable for their characteristic plum-green color and smooth, shiny glaze, spiderwebbed with many small Kai Pian, or cracks. Different from other traditional types of teapots, the design of the pot’s handle on the side gives it a sense of ancient rhythm and timeworn value. The cups are round and cute with a smooth, inconspicuous groove along the middle of the bodies, providing a better grip when drinking.

Japanese Matcha Tea Making Set

Prepare matcha tea the traditional way with this Japanese matcha set. Each comes with a ceramic bowl, a whisk (chasen) and a bamboo scoop (chasaku). The scoop is for measuring your matcha powder while the whisk is for stirring matcha and water together to make the tea. Artistically created by hand where beauty and imperfections go together wonderfully.

Something unexpected

Advent calendar

Listen carefully… can you hear the sounds of sleigh bells in the distance? Are there visions of sugar plums dancing around your head? If so, then you might just be as excited for the holiday season as we are! And we have just the thing for you, our 24 Days of Tea Advent Calendar! This unique holiday item is packed with 24 different individually wrapped teabags of our most popular varieTEAS

Mindful tea bundle – Digital Gift

Ideal to send to the tea lover from far away without dealing with extra delivery costs
Transform your cup of tea into your favorite mindful moment of the day with this digital bundle.

Get inspired with yummy tea recipes, learn about their benefits, find relaxation while listening to the audio tea meditation.

Follow the guide to learn how to meditate while enjoying your favorite cup of tea
Print the steps for tea meditation and keep them nearby and learn to be mindful following the daily practice worksheet

Blessing Dragon & Phoenix Gongfu Bamboo Tea Tray

The Blessing Dragon & Phoenix bamboo tea tray is made by premium Phyllostachys edulis. The hollow design on the surface can drain the water quickly. Its bottom tray is made by PPC (polypropylene carbonate), which is durable and environmentally friendly. Besides, it also has a non-slid design under the bottom of the tea tray. This not only reduces the friction with the table but also increases the stability. Also, the black bottom tray can be drawn out, and easy to clean up.

In addition, the hollow pattern in the middle of the tea tray is composed of a phoenix and a dragon, which also delicately formed a Chinese character: 福. The dragon and phoenix pattern is a symbol of good luck, a successful career and good expectations of love. While the Chinese character福 stands for blessing, fortune, and happiness. This elaborate design also expresses the best wishes for tea lovers.

Books

Tea-spiration

“Tea-spiration” is a book full of love for tea. It is intended, as the subtitle says, to share “Inspirational words for tea lovers”.
This lovely tea book is so beautifully written, that I was falling in love with tea more and more with every word I was reading. I think each page just emanates the pure kindness of a true tea-lover’s soul.
When you first hold the book in your hands, you can already feel the good vibes it emanates. The warm colors on the cover and of course a cup of tea anticipates the atmosphere you will enter once you start reading it. Read more about Tea-spiration here.

The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide

Whether it’s a delicate green tea or a bracing Assam black, a cup of tea is a complex brew of art and industry, tradition and revolution, East and West. In this sweeping tour through the world of tea, veteran tea traders Mary Lou Heiss and Robert J. Heiss chronicle tea’s influence across the globe and provide a complete reference for choosing, drinking, and enjoying this beverage. THE STORY OF TEA begins with a journey along the tea trail, from the lush forests of China, where tea cultivation first flourished, to the Buddhist temples of Japan, to the vast tea gardens of India, and beyond.