Tea Caddies 茶罐

These are a couple of tea caddies, for storing tea leaves. They are made of pewter. But pewter contains lead. So I never used them for storing tea, only keep them for display. Anyway, there are plenty of other tea storage options besides these kinds of tea caddies.

Tea Tools 茶道

These are a set of tea tools. They come in a variety of woods, or even bamboo. There are tongs, a tea needle, a tea measure, a tea scoop, a funnel, and a container to hold them in.

These are all necessary pieces of equipment for gongfu tea.

Notice the tea needle (sharp pointed thing). Cheaper versions of tea tools include a tea needle of solid wood. But that's not very good. That tea needle is often too thick to be useful. Good tea needles are tipped with natural horn, like the one pictured.