Monday, October 5, 2009

Tea with a bee!


Years ago, in my early effort to try every tea gadget known to man, I bought what was basically a brown plastic stick you used to spear a parchment teabag filled with your own loose leaf tea. The stick was then placed across your teacup to hold your teabag in place while it steeped. Last week, I came across a much more elegant version of that concept made by Vineyard Gardens.

"Jewelry for the table," they call it. Don't you love that? This Botanica Tea Set is made of tarnish resistant pewter, and I chose the bee design partly because I think the bee's wings look like antique marcasite.

I'll have to be on the lookout for other items in this line, because they also make tea scoops, teaspoons and other pieces. Again I say, one of the loveliest things about teatime is the joy of using (and collecting) such pretty accoutrements!

11 comments:

  1. ooh I love this. Such an elegant way to hang the tea sac.
    Someday I want to go on a shopping spree with you-you have such a good eye!!

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  2. That's a great way to use loose-leaf tea in a disposable (and recyclable) manner! Love the pretty stick

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  3. Lovely. What would "tea" be, without all its surrounding finery!

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  4. I love this thing. I've never heard of this before. Thanks for the info as well as the beautiful pictures.

    PS back from the wedding....pictures in tow.
    Thanks for the lovely card too.

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  5. That is a pretty tea accoutrement. I've never tried one of these teabag holders.

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  6. I like this a lot. What other insect has won the heart of the common person? None. Just the bee. It's lovable. And I like it that the stick looks like a tree branch with little nodes for buds. Classy. --Teaternity

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  7. Hello Angela, I agree with Belinda:

    you have such a 'good eye' on the neatest items and information. And by you bringing it all to your blog site - it is a joy to read. I am always learning something new and it is presented in such an interesting way. Thank you so much, Joanie

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  8. I like that device. Lovely and useful.

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  9. Well that's pretty darn sassy if I ever saw! Very CHA CHA! Lurve it!

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  10. I *do* love this! What a darling naturalistic "tea tack"! I also really love your teacup with the wonderful inscription. Thanks for sharing this unique little item that loves to BEE around tea as much as we do - LOL!

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