Monoprint Mug And Teas Gift Set

These are the perfect mugs for spring with their beautiful seedhead designs in green glaze on white earthenware. They are a great shape and size too and feel really good to hold. I wanted to make these part of a gift set as I’m sending out so many gifts directly to loved ones we can’t see and for me these cups go hand in hand with a good cup of tea or coffee. I tasted lots of hand blended teas from small sustainable companies in the UK and fell in love with the delicious teas by Tina of Hoogly Tea.

Tina comes from Denmark and combines her love of tea with the Nordic concept of hygge – a year-round feeling of warmth, wellbeing and cosiness – to create a unique and lovely range of blends, made with the finest natural ingredients.  All her teas are hand blended and packed in South East England, ethically sourced and fairly traded. The fully biodegradable tea pyramids are soil association certified and made out of plant extract too, so there is no plastic in them unlike most supermarket brand tea bags.

I have chosen my five favourite flavours from her collection with something for all tea lovers, whether you prefer herbal, rooibos or black tea -choose from rich Marzipan rooibos, tasty Baked Apple Chai black tea, uplifting Chill Out Mint and fresh Apple Strudel green tea.

Choose from a Dandelion, Cow Parsley or Allium mug with 2 teas from the list below – please write your choice of teas in the Notes box on the Order Form. Each gift set contains one 10z monoprint mug and 2 tea pods containing 5 tea pyramids in each. Everything is packaged in a recycled Kraft card gift box, filled with wood wool, and sealed with a clear lid decorated with colourful raffia.

If you are sending this gift directly and want me to gift wrap the box itself so that the recipient can’t see the contents, I can do that and I can add a handwritten card with your message too.

My tea pairing suggestions are Baked Apple Chai (my favourite) with either Ginger Biscuit or Marzipan to make a lovely decadent duo and the Chill Out Mint and Apple Strudel make a lovely relaxing herbal duo.

Marzipan is a deliciously rich almondy rooibos tea – I am a big lover of all things almond flavoured and I used to eat marzipan on its own when I was a child, so I knew I would love this one!

Ingredients – Rooibos, Almond Pieces (5%), Mallow Flowers, Vanilla Pieces, Natural Flavouring.

Baked Apple Chai is a really tasty chai-like black tea. I’ve always loved Chai tea, and this apple version is so good! This one is my very favourite of all Tina’s teas. It’s got cinnamon and cloves in, two of my favourite spices, and dried apple pieces, with a mellow Sri Lankan tea base.

Ingredients – Sri Lankan Black Tea, Freeze-dried Apple Pieces (9%), Ginger, Cinnamon, Cloves, Natural-dried Apple Pieces (3%), Vanilla Pieces, Blackberry Leaves, Lime Leaves, Safflower Petals, Natural Flavouring

Chill Out Mint is a beautifully fresh tasting and uplifting blend with a mix of the freshest tasting mints and herbs

Ingredients – Peppermint (45%), Spearmint (30%), Eucalyptus, Pine Needles

Apple Strudel is a lovely appley fresh green tea with a classic combination of sweet spices and apple, blended with roasted green tea.

Ingredients – Chinese Green Tea (51%), Spices (35%) (Cinnamon, Cloves), Apple Pieces (9%), Japanese Hojicha Green Tea (5%), Calendula Petals, Sunflower Petals, Natural Flavouring.