Nothing makes me happier than the arrival of a beautiful new born so I was very pleased this week to hear of the safe arrival of Prince George.
To celebrate, Twinings have created a gift range of perfectly packaged teas that make a wonderful gift for new Mums. They sent me the baby girl celebration gift to take a look at – knowing I’m a tea lover. (N.B. Don’t read in to this – there won’t be a patter of tiny feet anytime soon)
It comes in a large matte black box with a gloss spot print of the Royal coat of arms Lion, wrapped with gold trimmed black ribbon. It feels luxurious. Something special is inside…
The box contains two caddies, one cream, one very light pink (or blue if you get the boy set). Each decorated in a cute gold print of tea pots, rattles, nappy pins, prams, storks and tea cups.
You lift the lid to a band of gold “congratulations” and the crisp, white packaging of the loose leaf tea. I think this all sits so nicely against the black.
The pink caddy contains China White, the cream has Peppermint and the blue caddy in the boys set has Yunnan.
The China White tea in this gift set deserves a special mention. The flavour is so very delicate and the tea leaves themselves are beautiful. White tea is the least processed tea available. It’s simply the new leaves, only available for a few days each season, picked and laid to dry on roof tops. It’s naturally low in caffeine and jam packed with more antioxidants than green tea. It’s a highly treasured tea and it makes sense that it was picked for a gift like this.
This set is £27.50 which I think is just right for a ‘New Mum’ treat but there’s single caddies for £10 and a trio for £36.50. They’re available on the Twinings website and luckily for you, there’s a 10% discount code running on them at the moment: WRB0713
kerrycooks says
Hmm. As the royal baby cash ins go, this tea set isn’t the WORST one – I like that its not actually referencing the royal baby and you could just give it to a new mum (although I think I’ll stick with my brownies and flowers).
Vicki Higham says
Me too Kerry. I think it makes a nice gift for a tea lover 🙂