Tea pair is a great gift!

Sometimes a gift for a person who is not too familiar (for example, colleagues at work or a distant relative), coming from the heart and soul, it is not so easy to choose. That means is not enough for something global, then the imagination fails. One of these not exorbitantly expensive, but memorable and yet practical presents can be a tea pair. Especially if a person likes to drink tea at leisure in a cozy home atmosphere or at a working break. Then certainly, unlike many aimless knickknacks, the tea pair will not dust in the closet, but is used for its intended purpose. And as a result, will please the gifted more times!

What is a tea pair

This is a small, usually a gift set, which consists of two items: cups and saucers. Unlike similar devices for drinking coffee, the tea pair looks more impressive in size and has more rounded forms (although not always, but this is a little lower). A cup by volume - 220-300 milliliters, but there may be grotesque, more voluminous. Saucer, as a rule, is used as a stand for a cup. Sometimes the kit is completed with a third item - a spoon or a glass for cool water.

Variety of forms and species

The classic "Russian" saucer for tea drinking includes a deepening, so that you can also sip gulls from it. In diameter, it is 1.5-2 times larger than a cup, proportional to size and round. But at the present time, a gift tea pair (see photo below) can be both original forms and a very diverse range of colors - with all kinds of inscriptions and without them. For a long time, the days when only traditional cups and saucers with flowers and golden edges were on sale were lost. Now you can buy, for example, a rectangular saucer in Japanese style with a cup of avant-garde shapes and colored hieroglyphics. And also puzatenkie cups in the form of a UFO or in the form of some fairy-tale character. In general, such models can not be called too practical, rather, they are specimens that gravitate toward souvenir products. But you can drink tea from them no matter what.

Today, author's art works are especially popular, possessing authenticity, high originality and uniqueness, made in addition in one single copy, which increases their significance. Of course, they are more expensive, but if you want to give a nice one, you can not stint.

What is made of

Of course, the most popular and prestigious, that is, remains the traditional porcelain tea pair, as a symbol of merchant's Russian tea-drinking. But although porcelain is a wonderful and time-tested material that is perfect for a hot and invigorating drink, it has excellent quality and keeps heat, today you can buy glass, ceramic, acrylic and even steel tea coupons in stores that also probably have their right To exist, and in addition, look more modern.

History and modernity

Whatever it was, the tea parties that came to us from China and other eastern countries, and today remain in the trend. For example, in China, the famous tea ceremonies of Gongfu-cha are held. During the process of drinking tea, tea pairs are used, which include three items at once: a bowl cup, a glass, a narrow and tall, long saucer, into which both previous objects are placed. And each participant of such a ceremony is imbued with the unity of harmony and composition.

Of course, we are not in Japan or China, and cultic tea ceremonies in our country, to put it mildly, are less common. But a family or friendly tea-drinking for a good dessert has not brought disappointment and bad mood to anyone. And for lovers to dream alone, the tea couple is also a wonderful gift, signifying a rest zone and coziness, even for a few minutes!