In many cultures, tea is more than just a warming drink. The hot drink is a tradition for some and a noble pleasure for others. For passionate tea drinkers, there is probably no better gift idea than enriching them with high-quality and exotic teas for a special occasion. The selection is huge, as well as the tea accessories, and you can passionately choose the most suitable one for each person. In addition, you can make original tea gifts for Christmas yourself without much effort. Below we present 5 creative inspirations with instructions.
Tea gifts for Christmas: 5 inspirations with instructions
Tea is a really good gift idea for friends and acquaintances, but also for colleagues you don't know very well. The only important thing is to find out whether the person in question likes to drink tea and whether he/she is more into fruit tea or prefers herbal tea. Everything else is a question of creativity and budget.
For tea gifts, it is recommended to only use individually wrapped tea bags. This means that the shelf life and quality of the tea are not reduced. Alternatively, you can take small amounts of loose tea, but of course beautifully packaged. The most important thing is that the tea gift is as good as possibledifferent types of teacontains.
Tea gifts for Christmas in a glass
Gifts in jars are particularly original. Even after you have used the contents, the beautiful container can still be used or you can enjoy the hot drink directly in it. It is always better to buy a nice jar with a lid for this. The bigger the glass, the more tea and nice little things you can put in it. Of course, another container, such as a fancy one, is also suitable for the purposeTeapot or a beautiful teacup.
With itthe tea giftIf you want it to be perfect in the glass, you should match the taste of everything you fill it with. For example, you decided on rooibos tea, and caramel candies or rock candy go well with it. The fruit tea can be supplemented with dry fruit, etc.
Perfectly complement your individual Christmas present with home-baked cookies
What goes well with every type of tea is delicious, crunchy homemade tea biscuits. Here we present a simple recipe that makes 140 pieces.
- 500 g Flour
- 1 pack of baking powder
- 1 pack vanilla sugar
- 2 Owner
- 75g sugar
- 5 tbsp water
- 175g soft butter
- optional for decorating: dark chocolate
Preheat the oven to around 180°C and line a baking tray with baking paper. First mix the flour and baking powder well, then add the remaining ingredients and, best of all, work it into a dough by hand using a mixer or alternatively with a mixing spoon. Divide the dough into two or three to make it easier to work with. Then roll out a portion on a lightly floured work surface and cut out round cookies. If desired, use different cookie shapes and bake for about 10 minutes. After the baking time, let it cool down, melt the chocolate in a water bath and use it to decorate the cookies. The tea biscuits can be kept dry for up to 2 weeks.
Make your own wreath out of tea bags
Tea gifts for Christmas can be designed extremely imaginatively in the form of a Christmas wreath. Beautifully packaged tea bags are arranged in a circle with the help of lavishly decorated clothespins. Everything is made on a disc made of sturdy cardboard and hung up somewhere as a Christmas decoration with a decorative ribbon.
Do-it-yourself instructions
For this great craft idea, all you need is a wooden clothespin, a piece of sturdy cardboard, beautiful wrapping paper with Christmas motifs, glue and as many beautifully packaged tea bags as the clothespin. Now you can start crafting.
Depending on how big you want the wreath, you first cut a circle. Then you use the circle to create a slide that is as wide as a clothespin is long. Now cover the window with beautiful Christmas paper.
The clothespins are covered on one side with Christmas paper and on the other they are fixed evenly to each other on the window pane. Now all you have to do is arrange the tea bags nicely. The following applies: the more colorful and beautifully packaged, the more atmospheric the wreath ultimately looks.
Customize tea bags
For imaginative tea gifts for Christmas, you don't have to choose the types of tea or tea bags based on their packaging. You can also design these yourself. For this you need some nice paper or alternatively you can print out Christmas motifs and use them to create small envelopes for the tea bags. To fix the edges, you can use paper glue as usual or sew them together with a sewing machine.
Make a Christmas tree out of tea bags
Another particularly nice idea for tea gifts for Christmas are these mini Christmas trees made from tea bags. In addition to the tea bags, you also need a few things from the craft store: Styrofoam cones for the typical Christmas tree shape, a small gift box as a base, a hot glue gun, a star for Christmas lace and maybe some rice for additional stability.
Use the hot glue gun to attach the tea bags to the Styrofoam cone. You should make sure not to put the hot glue directly on the Styrofoam, but to spread it thinly on the edge of the tea packaging, otherwise it will melt. You should also think about the arrangement of the tea bags before gluing. It would be nice if there was symmetry.
Now attach a round or rectangular gift box to the lower part of the Styrofoam cone, which should be smaller than the diameter of the cone. Since the Styrofoam and the tea bags are relatively light, it is recommended to put some uncooked rice in the box to make the Christmas tree more stable. Of course, little surprises can also be hidden there.
Finally, fix a star on the tip of the cone so that the tea creation finally looks like a real Christmas tree. The recipient can use this as a creative Christmas decoration and enjoy the tea after the Christmas season.
Original Christmas gift idea for tea drinkers: make your own bookmarks
Passionate tea drinkers who like to enjoy their cup of tea with a nice book will definitely look forward to a handmade bookmark in the shape of a teapot or a tea bag. A bookmark like this one in the picture is easy to make yourself, even if you don't have a sewing machine at hand. All you need is a little bit of craft felt. First you cut it into the desired shape and create the tea motif for the bookmark using a needle, thread and beautiful string.
