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A Chinese porcelain tea caddy. A tea caddy is a box, jar, canister, or other receptacle used to store tea. When first introduced to Europe from Asia, tea was extremely expensive, and kept under lock and key. The containers used were often expensive and decorative, to fit in with the rest of a drawing-room or other reception room.
A tea strainer with a bamboo handle A tea strainer on a teacup. A tea strainer is a type of strainer that is placed over or in a teacup to catch loose tea leaves. When tea is brewed in the traditional manner in a teapot, the tea leaves are not contained in teabags; rather, they are freely suspended in the water. As the leaves themselves are not ...
A tea service for a formal tea party includes, in addition to tea cups and teaspoons, the following accoutrements: [6] a teapot; hot-water kettle with a spirit lamp; a sugar bowl for sugar cubes with sugar tongs; a creamer; a tea caddy with a caddy spoon; a tea strainer; a slop bowl; a lemon plate with a lemon fork.
A teacup is a cup for drinking tea. It generally has a small handle that may be grasped with the thumb and one or two fingers . It is typically made of a ceramic material and is often part of a set which is composed of a cup and a matching saucer or a trio that includes a small cake or sandwich plate.
In modern times, a thermally insulating cover called a tea cosy may be used to enhance the steeping process or to prevent the contents of the teapot from cooling too rapidly. Dry tea is available either in tea bags or as loose tea , in which case a tea infuser or tea strainer may be of some assistance, either to hold the leaves as they steep or ...
A tea infuser is a device in which loose, dried tea leaves are placed for steeping or brewing, in a mug or a teapot full of hot water; it is often called a teaball (alternatively tea maker or tea egg). [1] The tea infuser gained popularity in the first half of the 19th century. Tea infusers enable one to easily steep tea from fannings and ...