It's great to sit over a cup of aromatic tea with friends or spend an evening with your family for a leisurely tea party and discussing the events of the past day! A beautifully served table with a variety of items of tea service even more disposes to pleasant communication.
Tea ceremonies originated in ancient times in the East, then they appeared in Europe. The tea set has become very popular and fashionable. In many families, such services are even inherited. Let's find out what is included in the tea service.
What items are included in the tea set?
When you come to the store of utensils, be sure to ask the seller how many items are in the tea service you liked. The traditional tea set includes tea pairs for four or six people, although you can buy a tea set and for two. If you collect a lot of guests for tea, you can buy a tea set of 12 or even 16 items. In the tea service, except for cups and saucers, includes teapot, creamer or milkman, butter dish, sugar bowl, dessert plates, as well as a dish for biscuits or cake. Also in the tea set, depending on the number of persons can include a kettle for boiling water, rosettes for jam, a vase for sweets, a stand for lemon. The names of tea service items are usually written on the box.
Make tea sets from various materials. The most popular festive tea sets from faience and porcelain. Of these cups usually drink white or colored tea. For daily tea drinking, you can buy a set of ceramics or matte, clear, colored glass. Such cups are suitable for green and black tea. Especially fashionable now tea pairs from metal, however they are more used as an interior decor. Usually the tea set is made in the same stylistic direction and design.