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Top 20 Gifts for Tea Lovers

18th November 2016

Whenever I have a birthday coming up and someone wants to know what to get me I always just say “anything tea related is cool please”. Then it occurred to me that my friends and family that aren’t in to tea still don’t really know what tea related gift to go for.

So I decided to write a gift post, listing the top 20 gifts at various prices that are perfect for tea lovers.

Ready to find that perfect gift?

£10 or Less

pug-infuserPug Tea Infuser – £5.99

 

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Darjeeling Tea Sticks from Vahdam Teas – £9.95

 

glass-teapot-warmerBredemeijer Glass Tea Warmer – £9.95

 

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Bedazzle Chatenier Matte Black and Gold or Silver Teaglass – £10

 

tea-timerTwo Time Tea Timer – £10.00

 

 

£10 – £25

dk-tea-bookDK Tea Book – £13.48

tea-discovery-boxWhittard of Chelsea Tea Discovery Collection – £20

 

miu-colourMIU COLOR Tea Infusing Bottle – £20.99My Full Review

white-tea-blending-kit-overheadWhite & Green Tea Blending Kit – £25.00

 

 

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Adagio IngenuiTEA – £18-£26 available in regular or XL –  My Full Review

 

 

 

£25 – £50

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Tea for One Japanese Kokeshi Tea Pot and Tea Cup Set – £29.60

 

tea-set-japaneseUfengke Japanese Tea Service Set – £32.44

 

 

t2-big-chillT2 Tea Big Chill – £38

 

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TEA SOUL Porcelain Portable White Tea Set with Bamboo Tray – £48.67

 

 

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MAOCI Chawan Matcha Gift Set – £49.20

 

£50 or More

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Matchæologist Matcha Brewing Kit – £50.00  My Review

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ZENS Tall Chinese Travel Tea Set – £54.99

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Bosch Multi-Temperature Kettle – £56.45  My Review

 

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MAOCI Cast Iron Dragon Teapot, available in 3 colours – £56.50


and one last one: Weimar ‘World Voyage’ Hand Made Teaset – £750 (we can all dream, right? :p )

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So that brings me to the end of my Gift Guide for Tea Lovers. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it and have found a gift for that special someone 🙂

Bye for Now! xXx

 

P.s let me know what gift you’re buying the tea lover in your life in the comments below!

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Green Tea Matcha Tea Reviews

Review of PureChimp Ceremonial Grade Matcha

10th November 2016

Hey!

Today I’ll be reviewing PureChimp’s ceremonial grade matcha, which they were awesome enough to send me. I’m always on the look out for new matcha to try, so I was thrilled to receive this a couple of weeks ago! 🙂 Now I’ve spent some time with it and tried it extensively I think it’s time to get my thoughts written up for you guys!

The first thing I noticed about their matcha is that the price is really reasonable at only £6.95 for a 30g pouch at the time of writing, this is especially impressive given the quality of the matcha. There’s also a 50g pouch and a 100g pouch that are equally well priced.

It’s a nice bright green colour, a quality I always like to see from my matcha, with a clean crisp smell. I feel that it definitely deserves it’s ceremonial grade, which isn’t always the case with some other brands.

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Another quality I’m always keen to judge is how frothy the matcha is once prepared and also how well the matcha blends. Purechimp’s ceremonial grade match is insanely frothy, I tested it with my chasen and a mini electric whisk and both were able to whip up a nice amount of foam! It also blends well so I didn’t have that overly powdery last mouthful that settles at the bottom with lesser quality matcha.

Before I tried their ceremonial grade matcha I purchased their lemon flavoured matcha and although I enjoyed the lemon flavour I was a bit disappointed that PureChimp chose to add stevia to sweeten it, so I was really glad that they didn’t go down that route with this as well. I found that their ceremonial grade matcha has a really nice natural sweetness to it with an enjoyable aftertaste, which made me I wonder if the stevia was added to the lemon flavoured matcha to counteract the sourness of the lemon.

Another thing I always judge a matcha on is how easy it is on the throat, I was pleased to find very little bitterness with PureChimp’s ceremonial grade matcha and a pleasant smoothness.

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Overall I’ve really enjoyed my time with PureChimp’s matcha as my ‘go to’ matcha the last couple of weeks. It comes highly recommended on Amazon and I have to agree that it’s a really good option for ceremonial matcha at a really reasonable price point.

If you’d like to try PureChimp matcha for yourself you can find it in 30g, 50g or 100g pack sizes, I’m sure you won’t be disappointed! There’s also a really nice PureChimp gift set which includes three 50g jars with mint, lemon and their original matcha which would make the perfect gift someone special or a starter set if you’re new to the wonderful world of matcha.

That pretty much covers my thoughts on this awesome ceremonial grade matcha. Thanks for reading my review, I hope you’ve enjoyed it and it’s helped your buying decision. Also a huge thanks to PureChimp for sending me their matcha to review!

Bye for now! xXx