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Another kind of tea light

Yesterday, we showed you a "tea" light that is a tea bag that lights up. We don't believe it's available on the market yet, just a design at an exhibition stage - but it's fun and it's clever. Now for a different kind of "tea" light.

Did you notice the new gift ware in the new seasonal flyer (if you haven't checked out the flyer yet, just click on the link to the right). This beautiful night light is inspired by the beautiful china used to make teapots and cups.

Use it any room to cast a soft glow in the evening without needing all of the lights on. Plug it in the guest room when you are having visitors so they can find their way around the room after they turn the lights out. Plug it in in the powder room at night so anyone can use the room  in the middle of the night without having to blind themselves with the overhead lights.

Contact your Steeped Tea consultant to order these. If you don't have a consultant and you live in Canada, contact info@steepedtea.com and we'll be happy to connect you to your closest consultant. If there is no consultant nearby, perhaps you would like more information on being the first Steeped Tea consultant in your area - just ask us for a package that you can look through in the comfort of your own home!

And now for something completely different...

Liquid light???

Move over lava lamp, here is the Lighting Bag, designed by Wonsik Chae (there's got to be a play on names there!). He says he wants light to flow, and that creating forms with light does not have to be difficult.

Once again tea inspires art. Could you imagine a few of these sitting around at your next party?

This is actually a form of lighting, not a beverage, but wouldn't it make a neat conversation starter?

The light seeps out of a teabag-shaped container and continues glowing into a clear mug.

Lighting Bag by Wonsik Chae from Takashi Yamada on Vimeo.

Share a cup of light, as well as tea, at your next tea gathering!

Having a Few Friends In for Tea?

Isn't this a pretty and do-able decorating idea for your next gathering of friends and tea.

What a great way to use up cups when the saucer's been broken, or just display your teacup collection instead hiding it behind glass in a cabinet.

Origami and Tea

  Here is an interesting packaging concept by the Russian designer Natalia Ponomareva. The tea bag is packed like an origami bird. Apparently, the artist would like to market these...

I just wonder how much room the tea has to expand - but it sure is pretty!

Bling Your Teabag?

Just came across this. One of the Weird but True , 10 Outrageous Facts in September's National Geographic Kids magazine tells us that the world's most expensive tea bag was decorated with 280 diamonds and cost around $14,000!

We were curious and went looking for it online.

It seems the blingy tea bag was made by a British jeweler to commemorate the 75th anniversary of PG Tips  in 2005.

The tea bag was then donated to a charity auction and the proceeds went to the Manchester Children's Hospital.