I’ve been questing for Korean Tea cups with infusers for awhile now. Every time I see a character in a Korean Drama drink out of one I’m like “OOooh, pretty – I need one of those!” Annoyingly, these tea cups are a little hard to find and when you do find them, they are not cheap. Paying $30+ for a small tea cup makes me cry.
Anyways, I saw on Hankook Teas‘ site, who sell Korean Teas (and ship from California!), that they have Korean tea cups! Even better is that they aren’t too pricey, some under $20. With that said, I caved and bought a pair.
Interestingly, my pair of tea cups came in 4 boxes.
One box has the lid and strainer,
and the second box has the main tea cup.
The Korean Tea cups I got are different in design and shape – I went for one with a handle with magnolia design and the other cup has no handle with cherry blossom design.
The Korean tea cups are glazed, but the last centimeter of the strainer is not glazed.
The cups fit my more petite Tea Owls, which they are pretty happy about!
The cups are pretty easy to use – the strainer lifts out and filters out the tea leaves. Though on the thick side, the cups are easy to sip from. These tea infuser cups work best with a whole loose leaf tea and were perfect for Korean teas. I found them a little hot to handle, but the cup with the handle was nice on saving your fingers from burning. With the infuser inside these Korean tea cups, you get a delicious 6oz cup of tea.
Since I have 2 tea cups, the Tea Owls and I can have tea together while we watch Korean dramas like… Coffee Prince.
Overall, I’m pretty happy with these Korean tea cups. It is like having the correct pairing teaware with your tea – like a matcha in a chawan.
New Tea Quest: Get a Celadon Korean Tea cup. Tea Quest Bonus: travel to Seoul and bring home lots of tea goodies (and kpop Taemin Socks). One day…
