Satisfy Those Last-Minute Holiday Gift Demands at Ku Cha!
Frenetic. That’s one way to describe the final days leading up to December 25—along with cheery, convivial, atmospheric and loads of other seasonally appropriate adjectives.
And all of that festive drive is a bit ramped up this year—Hanukkah begins on December 25, so it aligns crisply with Christmas.
We’re here to help on the frantic front. Still searching for appealing stocking stuffers and presents for each candle on the menorah? On the lookout for small gifts that are perfect for the colleague, the neighbor, the friend? We see you. Please visit one of our holiday-happy shops along the Front Range soon. You’ll walk away with gifts that may be petite in size and price, but lasting in the memories of their recipients.
Pro tip: Order anything you like online, and pick it up at the store to save time—you’ll do both the browsing and the checkout prior to entering the store. And of course Ku Cha’s gift ideas are grand year-round—order away online for little presents for the April birthday, the August anniversary, the October graduation.
Last-Minute Holiday Tea Gifts: Matcha Powder Tin & Premium Matcha Powder Tin
Everybody these days seems to love matcha, the powdered green tea from Japan that gives us everything from emerald matcha lattes to matcha cookies, cupcakes, scones and of course—vivid cups of matcha tea. Matcha gained its international popularity, at first, due to its color—the tea can transform all manner of culinary treats into fetching green dreams. But all it takes is one taste of floral, grassy matcha to create a convert. These cute tins, offering both everyday matcha meant for drinking and cooking, as well as ceremonial-grade matcha designed exclusively for sipping, will brighten all of your gift recipients’ holiday season.
Last-Minute Holiday Tea Gifts: Blooming Art Tea
Tea’s fame comes from its role as a beverage. In recent years, though, more and more cooks are incorporating tea into recipes for everything from smoked salmon fillets to martinis. But tea has at least one other use: as art. Our line of blooming tea art packs unfurl in water, broadcasting bold colors and meditative, wavy shapes. The pack called Diao Chan for example, born out of the story of the four most beautiful women in China, involves green tea, jasmine flowers and a single elegant red flower. These teas are attention magnets no matter where they rest. And they’re delicious too!
Last-Minute Holiday Tea Gifts: Tangerine Puerh Ball
Here’s an unusual, culturally rooted kind of tea that probably never has graced the shelves of an American supermarket. It’s a tangerine rind filled with fermented tea leaves. Once brewed, it imparts a light citrusy sweetness to the tea. From Xin Hui, Guangdong Province, this tea is known for the health benefits of Sheng Jin (making your mouth feel quenched), Run Fei Zhi Ke (suppressing coughs and nurturing lung performance) and Qu Re (reducing internal heat). Add a few pieces of the rind to your teapot to really get that tangerine flavor.
Last-Minute Holiday Tea Gifts: Tea Eggs
Yes, most tea sold in the United States comes in bags. We reject them, for the most part (we do have some bagged products designed for iced tea). For one thing, most tea found in tea bags is of the lowest quality in the market. In addition, tea tastes best when it is brewed as a whole leaf, floating free in a pot of hot water. It doesn’t like the straightjacket of the tight bag! And the final product, too, gets tarnished by flavors imparted by the bags. This simple tea egg, as well as strainers and more found on our Accessories page, will let you brew whole-leaf tea wherever you go. On vacation? Bring a tea egg!
Last-Minute Holiday Tea Gifts: Tea Infusers
The aforementioned egg provides one solution for whole-leaf brewing. So do tea infusers, which also contain whole leaf teas in perforated vessels that get dunked into hot water. You’ll find all of our infusers on the Accessories page, as well as the infuser linked in this entry.
Last-Minute Holiday Tea Gifts: Ku Cha Gift Card
Invite your gift recipients to spend time in one of our hyper-enchanting Front Range stores—and to walk away with some new tea treats! They also can use gift cards to browse the online store. No matter how they take advantage of a Ku Cha House of Tea gift card, they’ll love the gift—and maybe even become tea fanatics themselves.
Happy Holidays!
