If not for my e-pal Leslie, I would not have known about tea pets. From the website of TEASENZ: "A tea pet is a traditional craft from China which is usually made from yixing clay (also known as zisha) and ceramic. It's a tea lover's practice in China to nourish the tea pets by rinsing them with tea liquor."
They advise regularly pouring tea over your pet and in time your tea pet will absorb the scent of the tea that you drink. If I do as they suggest, mine will smell like bergamot from my favorite tea - Ahmad Earl Grey. Below is a photo from their website of what I consider the cutest of the tea pets.
I also like the Toad and the Faceless Buddha tea pets.
And I know my daughter Kari would absolutely love this one - the Octopus.
Another thing she loves is Chai Tea which she may be drinking on this National Chai Day.
And just as I would not have known about tea pets, I most likely would have missed National Chai day without Leslie's gift of this tea pet and tea bags.
I don't drink much chai tea but I always have it on hand. If I feel a cold coming on it is my remedy for warding off the illness before it takes hold.
Today I'm drinking this English Tea Shop chai from the tea bowl I got at the Mad Potter Studio in Weston, MO.
The National Chai Day Calendar recommended adding milk and sugar to the tea.
I tried it both ways and much prefer it plain. The additions diluted the chai flavor too much.
Happy National Chai Day and thank you Leslie for my cute, as yet unnamed, piggies.
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