Christine Misiak Tea Sets
I love tea. And when people and businesses come up with eco-friendly tea products, I’m able to love tea even more. Christine Misiak is one of those people. She’s a British product designer who has given new life to old tea sets. While I tend to prefer minimal Asian tea design to traditional British tea style, at my core I’m a design geek who can appreciate good design, wherever it comes from. On her site, Christine explains: My tea sets aim to preserve and portray important aspects of the past, and reminding us of the importance of past objects by using features from old neglected tea sets and blending them with the new and modern. Updating old tea sets and reinventing them to make them current and fashionable for today’s market. . . . Therefore the idea of reusing these old things acts as a way of giving them a new lease of life. Reusing and reinventing old tea sets to make them current and fashionable again rather than just a forgotten thing of the past. Christine has recreated/recycled several different tea sets. One’s an exciting kelly green, one is a bold orange, then there’s a mod citron, and a black one… see them all here! (via Inhabitat)
Posted by Rachel at Monday ~ September 24, 2007 | 3 Comments
Category: Tea Tools, Tea Technology, Tea
tea pots
Bodum Marcel Glass Tea Press I have four tea pots. That’s just enough to let people know I’m serious about tea, without making them think I’m a little crazy. You see, I already have lots and lots and lots of books, so having lots and lots and lots of something else also just wouldn’t seem right. My four tea pots serve four distinct purposes: one Yixing pot for Pu-ehr, another Yixing pot for green tea, the Bodum Marcel Glass Tea Press for serving tea to several people (and for display teas!), and my daily tea pot. My Daily Tea Pot My daily tea pot is a simple, unassuming pot. It was given to me last December as a holiday gift. Talk about a perfect gift! It holds enough tea for four people, though I make several pots for just myself every day. It bears no identifying marks as to its maker. Its base color is off-white with tiny pinkish dark beige splotches that dot the surface, creating a rustic appearance and a nubby texture. It has metal handles that I’ve learned to interlock to keep them from getting too hot. This tea pot does not pour perfectly. It was an annoyance at first, but now it makes me love it even more. So what if there are always a few drops of tea next to the tea cup? Everyone who sees this tea pot remarks on what a perfect little tea pot it is, and it is. So, at the moment, I’m good on tea pots. My next tea-related purchases (aside from tea, of course) will be a tea warmer and tea tins. I’ve gone without these tea items for my whole life, so why do I suddenly feel like I need them? Links: Pot Luck Tea Company (where I bought my Yixing pots)
Posted by Rachel at Monday ~ September 10, 2007 | 1 Comment