Chinese Travel Tea Basket

I think this is a great tradition. 

To travel with a picnic tea basket.

This is a vintage Chinese travel

tea-for-two basket. 

 My friend ordered tea while on a

train trip through China and this is how 

it was served. She noticed that many 

passengers brought their own tea baskets. 

Some are tea for one and have single cups. 

She bought a few and brought

 these baskets home. Great gifts!

 It all tucks nicely into this oval woven

 rattan basket.

 The fitted, and padded compartments hold  

the tea pot and cups securely as well as

 insulating the tea.

 Keeping the tea nice and hot.

 It's a good sized porcelain tea pot with 

rattan handles.

 Two matching cups.

I think it's very charming.

This would be so cute to bring on a car trip

or when we are paddling around in our canoe.

Cheers!

*the whole sofa table vignette can be seen
in my next post or click HERE.
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