What do you collect that is Tea inspired

I have one book in danish from A.C.Perch, “From leaf to tea” , it’s a coffeetablebook…
I work in a bookstore yet I find it hard to find good teabooks that’s not too snobby or just mere “catalogs” called books. I would collect books about the subject if I could find something good enough ;)

“But despite this my home is not cluttered at all, just pretty.” A neat house is the sign of a sick mind. Not that I would say anything too nasty. Just a little bit nasty.

I like cups, mugs, pots, whatever. But for me, the rule is that they have to be usable. If I can’t use them, I don’t buy them. But then, you are neat, and I’m not. So you have pretty stuff, and I have entirely too much stuff.

I love collecting mugs, I have them in all shapes and sizes from all over the world. My tea pot collection is also growing, to my partner’s dismay. I have several one-cup cup and pot sets. I have a good collection of tins too. My tea collections and my knitting collections tend to get mixed up! Many of my favourite tea mugs have knitting or sheep-y themes (see profile pic). I have a teapot-shaped tape measure for my knitting, and teapot stitchmarkers.

(Add me to the group with entirely too much stuff and nowhere to keep it…)

Tea cups for me – and I’m a real snob about it too – Shelley, Adderly, .. no run of the mill Royal Vales for me, UNLESS they have thistles on them. AND they can’t cost me more than $5. A little obsessive, I know, but part of the fun is the hunt, finding the great deal.
I do use mine whenever I can, partly because I enjoy handling them.
My local tea room, AntiquiTeas in Londonderry, NH, uses fine china teacups for serving. When I go there, I like to wander amongst the tables enjoying the beautiful tea cups, and choose my seat depending on which cup I want to drink from that visit.

Tea shirts, books, mugs/cups, hats, pictures, tea, tea and more tea…I have red rose miniture tea pots, did I say tea?

i guess i can say silly mugs :) i used to drive a ford taurus so my friend got me a “soccer mom” mug last christmas, and i like to get a mug from every fun place i go to…i also have my prized Lion King mug i bought off EBay last year…im bidding on another one right now thats clear glass with Simba on it :) soon i plan on making my own in the pottery class im taking next semester

I tend to be a ‘collector’ — you know, books, ipods, flashlights, yup, you name it, if I like it, I want to buy not one but many of whatever it is, so I have to be extra vigilant not to collect things — if I am not careful, 10 years from now, you will see me featured on that new tv show called “hoarders” ! However, isn’t tea a good thing? (oh oh, I can see rationalization and justification happening here as I type …) I just bought 4 books on tea & afternoon tea & recipes yesterday night.

I collect the wrapper paper that is around tea bag.. i plan someday to do something great with them. maybe some art , I was thinking of making a tea rack and decoupage the wrappers on it to hold my jugs of loose leaf teas and mugs and brewers

I collect teapots and weird cups. My cat likes breaking cups, so I back as back up. I have bought all of them at thrift stores, which makes it a fun treasure hunt.

Teapots. I started out with one green Chatsford teapot. That soon found its way into Mrawlins2 home. I replaced it with a yellow Chatsford which I use daily. I have a white teapot with red little teapots all over it from England. Very cute. I have a houhin. I had a gaiwan, it now lives with Mrawlins2. I have a red beehouse (I don’ use it much because of the filter: it gets too hot to remove from the pot and it is too short for the pot) I have a teapot that matches my china. I have a little white stumpy teapot that dates back to the 50’s. All of my teapots are small except for my china teapot and the teapot I bought from World Market with a matching cup. I use the cup all the time, love the design and the way that cup feels in my hand. I have never used that teapot though …too big!
My other favorite tea possession is my tea cup that I got at a thift store for $1. This is my favorite cup, I use it daily. And TEA! right now my tea cabinet it full to the brim. I have never had this much tea on hand at any one time in my entire tea drinking career!