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I certainly don’t have space in these monthly gadget reports to cover 27 items—but you can explore a full list in

this roundup of 27 gadgets and novelty items designed for tea lovers
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Some of these items may seem familiar to readers of this column. Whether anyone truly needs a multi-spouted teapot or sugar lace doilies is another matter—but to each their own.

The Cookie Catcher dunking accessory for catching crumbs while dipping biscuits

is one particularly memorable gadget.

While it can be used with coffee or cocoa, it seems especially well suited to tea drinkers who enjoy dunking cookies without worrying about stray crumbs ending up in the cup.

Speaking of memorable tea gadgets, I rarely let an edition of this series pass without highlighting a novelty tea infuser.

This time, take a look at this

monkey-shaped novelty tea infuser that hooks onto the edge of your cup
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combining functionality with a whimsical design.

Our final item is less of a practical device and more of a playful concept:

a novelty tea cup concept inspired by slingshot mechanics and humorous design
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which imagines an unusual way of interacting with your tea.

Tea in Unexpected Places

We’ve noted before that tea can be used in a wide range of culinary applications.

One particularly unexpected example is its use in kimchi, the Korean fermented vegetable dish.

According to a patent description, adding puerh tea leaves to kimchi may help preserve flavor and reduce off-notes during fermentation, resulting in a fresher and milder taste.

See more of William I. Lengeman’s articles

on the tea blog author archive page
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