Tea Gift Basket
If you are looking for inexpensive and creative gift ideas for the tea lovers in your life, tea gift baskets might be the answer. These unique and personalized gifts can be put together relatively inexpensively from items that you can find in most home stores, and they will be extremely thoughtful, practical, and beautiful when you are done.
How to Begin Your Tea Gift Basket
Tea gift baskets can be made out of just about anything. A wicker basket, with or without a handle, is often a nice choice, especially if the gift recipient is likely to be able to reuse the basket. Wooden boxes and tea crates also make practical and beautiful holders for tea gift baskets. You could even be incredibly creative and stuff a large teapot or kettle.
Whatever you choose as your holder, line your tea gift baskets with tea towels, cloth napkins, or a tablecloth. The fabric will soften the look, give you a firmer base than most wicker baskets provide, and continue the tea theme. Nice tea towels can be purchased at most home stores or you can personalize them by adding embroidery or monogramming.
What to Put In Your Tea Gift Basket
The most essential components of tea gift baskets is of course the tea. Try to choose a variety of different teas, as this will add both visual and gustatory appeal to the gift. Depending on who you are giving the tea gift baskets to, you may want to include a mix of tea bags and loose teas, or you may want to focus on tea bags. Try to vary the substance and texture of the tea bags as well. Including a few silk tea bags adds an elegant touch without increasing your expenses too much.
Depending on the size of your tea gift baskets, you may want to include some tea accessories as well. A nice infuser, cup warmer, or even tea cup can dress up the basket. Adding baked goods such as tea cakes or scones, or mixes with which the recipient can make baked goods, fills out the basket nicely while adding variety.
How to Decorate Your Tea Gift Basket
One nice way to arrange the basket is to wrap small groups of tea bags in colored cellophane and tie each packet with a ribbon, then place those packets around a central item such as a teapot. You may also choose to stuff the tea bags into a pot or cup, and arrange the other items around that.
You can pretty it up even more by adding fresh or silk flowers and ribbon. Try to maintain a tea theme, so white lace or red and white checkered muslin would both be very nice.
Written By The Tea Lady
The Tea Lady carefully tends to The Official Website for Tea and sends an occasional Tea Newsletter to ardent and casual tea lovers around the world.
