Organic Green Tea - Ceramic Tea Cup

Green tea teacup
(Assembled Tea Cup)

(Close-up of ancient poem on side of Tea Cup)

(Disassembled Tea Cup showing internal strainer)

High quality tea deserves to be served in nothing less than the finest quality glassware. Whether you are serving tea to others or are preparing it for yourself, you'll want to serve your green tea in an authentic traditional Chinese tea cup. These cups are very hard to find in the U.S.A. and they are not only beautiful - they're highly functional as well.

Each cup comes with it's own removable strainer that suspends within the rim at just the right height to make the perfect cup of tea time after time. With this cup there is never a need for external strainers or tea balls. Each cup is complete with a matching lid to keep the tea hot while it is being steeped. The exquisite lotus flower graphic on the side and on the lid depict this special flower in full bloom. Next to the graphic of the Lotus flower there is written an ancient Chinese poem. It is a very old and beautiful poem and although it is difficult to translate into English exactly, this is the approximate meaning of the poem:

"The leaves break the bandage of the green stem, stretch themselves and form a green pool with untidy edges. Now the flower comes from out of the vast surface of the water like a beautiful woman coming gracefully from her bath."

In China, there are many poems centered around the lotus flower for they come out of the dirty mud under the water, rising up while still keeping their pureness, freshness and beauty. Chinese poets often use them to inspire people to keep on doing what they must do, and to show their best part to the outside world, just like the lotus flower, no matter how bad the situation they have come away from was or the circumstances now surrounding them might be.

Lotus flowers have another characteristic. The plant's stalk is easy to bend but it is very hard to break, or separate the two parts completely because they have many strong sinuous fibers that tenaciously hold on to keep the plant together. Poets have used this scenario to point to the tight relationship of the members in a family, or two lovers for example, showing that no matter what forces the world may place to bear on them, or no matter how far away they might live from one another, nothing can really separate them in heart. This is why many people often choose to purchase a pair or even an entire set of the cups, instead of just one.

(The above text is an Interpretation of a translation of the lotus poem and supporting comments, originally provided by Dr. Tao Song, MD Director, China Division, World Consortium of Companies, owners of the Xianju Green Tea Plantation.)

Price: $11.49

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