Tea Gifts Every Teacher Deserves This Year
For many kids, school represents their first step out of the family bubble and into the rest of the world. We place our children’s futures, to some extent, in the hands of the people in those schools paying attention to our charges, evaluating their work and progress, instructing them about everything from multiplying numbers to Asian history: the teachers.
All praise teachers.
Too often we take them for granted. We forget about the myriad difficulties implicit in their careers: imparting deep knowledge to students; navigating sometimes difficult parents; managing classrooms that can easily turn unruly; spending their evenings grading papers and tests. We could go on identifying challenges teachers surmount every day.
They do it all, too, without expecting an economic windfall at any point during their teaching tenure. Yes, teachers can make good livings. But as inflation hits all corners of the country, and many areas—certainly where Ku Cha House of Tea has tea shops, Colorado’s Front Range—witness punishingly expensive real estate, teacher salaries can test family budgets.
Let’s ease their burdens, yes? Little gifts of tea won’t transform the material conditions of their lives. But they might at least introduce welcome new flavors and vibes into their frenetic days. Plus, their job title begins the word for our favorite beverage—proper TEAchers should drink tea!
Read on for gift ideas that cover everything from starting the morning with zip to assisting the digestion of lunch.
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Pro tip: Include a tea steeper, tea egg, or folding tea infuser with the tea. And we have pure Colorado honey sticks, too—ideal for tucking into a special gift package for a teacher.
Don’t forget the wrapping! In many cultures, for example in Japan, wrapping ranks as a key part of gift-giving. Beautifully adorned gifts show recipients that the person bestowing the present invested more than a bank account and some thought into the offering. They also used their hands to craft beauty. They invested time. It matters.
For the wrapping-challenged, a quick online search will unearth thousands of videos.
Here’s to you, teachers!
Grand Teacher Gifts: A Calming Blend—CHA Relax (Organic)
Nearly everybody these days can use a dose of calm. But few people need it more than the women and men helping to shape our children into high-functioning citizens. They face so many obstacles and hurdles. Tired? Probably. But they can’t just zone out like many of us while doing their jobs; they’ve got to perform. And when it’s time to close the classroom door and head home, they’re often pretty wired. Here’s an outstanding gift for your over-worked teachers: CHA Relax. This special blend, crafted in collaboration with the University of Colorado’s Center for Humanities and the Arts, arrives flooded with botanical ingredients designed for serenity, like ginkgo leaf, chamomile and spearmint. The base, rooibos, adds electrolytes and other antioxidants to the hang-out vibes tea. Sip it and chill, teacher.
Grand Teacher Gifts: A Digestion Blend: Ginger Refresh
Honestly, we get indigestion just thinking about working as teachers. So much pressure! Our stomachs would be in knots all day. So let’s send some tummy love to the teachers in our lives with Ginger Refresh. This magic tea doesn’t present itself as a health elixir—the name broadcasts refreshment, and the pleasing slap of ginger. But hidden behind the engaging name dwell some serious wellness benefits, especially for digestion. Natural health practitioners for centuries have suggested people eat ginger to settle their stomachs and fortify digestive processes. So here you go, teacher—sip it for the taste, keep on sipping it for the health.
Grand Teacher Gifts: A Morning Blend: London Fog
An exhausting day of work, followed by the commute, dinner prep and often grading papers or tests. Lights off at 9 p.m. Alarm blares at 6. Just one time tapping the snooze button. Time to get up and do it all over again. The pattern continues day after day until breaks and the blessed summer. School mornings call for caffeine, at least for many people. But viewing the morning beverage as little more than a caffeine delivery system misses so much pleasure! The morning sipping routine can welcome both vigor and glorious flavor to those groggy mornings. Enter, London Fog. We begin here with classic black tea, the style commonly brewed across the day in the United Kingdom, Ireland and many other places—including the United States. Then comes pretty, oh-so pretty lavender. Combining good black tea with lavender stands as a classic combination, and we understand why: It’s awesome. This blend also contains calendula, for even more floral notes.
So teacher, here’s a wake-me-up cup, but one with amazing flavor benefits.
Grand Teacher Gifts: A Fruity Blend: Passionfruit Oolong
Passion! That’s what drives most teachers. For most, it’s much more than just a job. No matter their topic—chemistry, business, pottery, Latin, American history—they tend to approach it with lots of passion. We think it’s fun to honor the quality that drives them with our Passionfruit Oolong. Of course the name aligns with the passion theme. But this tea presents much more than a name. With oolong, aronia berries (powerful health nuggets), mango cubes, rose petals and passionfruit, this tea delivers it all—bright and bold flavor, health advantages, energy (thanks to the oolong) and massive thirst-quenching qualities.
Here’s to your passion, teacher!
