Modern & Contemporary Tea Sets

One of the things we love about cool weather is the chance to drink more hot tea. Although we hardly ever practice the ritual of "teatime" in my home, it's nice every once in a while to pull out the set, pour some Barry's Irish Tea, and think of my Grandma Jane. For 10 stylish ways to serve hot tea or coffee, click below...

FIRST ROW
• 1 Tea Set from Heath Ceramics, $33 - $165
• 2 Warm Carafe and Cups from Unison Home, $50 - $133
• 3 Eva Zeisel Classic Century Tea Set from Crate & Barrel, $10 - $70
• 4 Russel Wright Tea Set from Chris and Stephanie's Lower Haight Home
• 5 Stelton Arne Jacobson Tea Set from Unica Home, $1,100

SECOND ROW
• 6 Molo Tea Lantern and Cups from Velocity, $100 - $190
• 7 Georg Jensen Helena Tea Service from Fjorn Scandinavian, $455
• 8 Alessi Ufficio Tecnico Tea Set from All Modern, $75 - $135
• 9 IKEA Anrick Coffee Maker, $30 and Fargrick Mugs, $0.59
• 10 Walter Gropius Tac Tea Set for Rosenthal from Relish, $300

Comments (7)

I mean I love this Fornasetti tea set :)

posted by MODERnestS on October 22nd 2009 at 2:52pm
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am in love with the wedgewood basalt teapot after a recent trip to england:
http://www.wedgwoodusa.com/shop/collection.asp?id=1082

so pretty, but so pricey! for now, i make do with my (also lovely) denby white teapot.

posted by gretchenalexis on October 22nd 2009 at 2:59pm
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I picked up this modern Lomonosov service in Russia a few years back and I absolutely adore it. http://www.ekaterinas.com/Detail.bok?no=1161

Unfortunately, the asking price in the United States seems to be more than triple what one would pay at the factory store. Although if you want to save yourself a trip to Russia and the joy of hauling a big box of cups and saucers through three airports...

posted by michellesmith on October 22nd 2009 at 4:09pm
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check out Tsé & Tsé's ceramic and wood tea pot too: http://shophorne.com/mirza-teapot-tsÃ©-tsÃ©-p-43.html

posted by Suzanne Esme on October 22nd 2009 at 4:13pm
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Heath Ceramics doesn't even make that white teapot anymore. So sad.

posted by MamaChilanga on October 22nd 2009 at 5:26pm
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ooh ooh the Molo Tea Lantern is so cool. I love tea sets. I'm banned from buying any more. (for now...muhaahaa)

posted by ammanda on October 22nd 2009 at 5:56pm
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Man, I am kicking myself for not getting the Classic Century teapot with the rest of the set now that I actually drink tea...it is so pretty!

posted by papergraffiti on October 28th 2009 at 10:09am
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