how about this one? as the first line says, it’s always an acceptable gift.

http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/patterns/teacosies/daffodil-st-cosy.htm

Wow. Someone went to a lot of effort to describe that.

Right, tea-cosy, check.

You sure that’s all you want?

Being an American and not being into tea much, I didn’t know what a tea-cosey was. So I googled it. And after seeing images of a bunch of ‘em…

Why on earth would you want such a thing?

Josh, they are hideous I would agree - but they serve a useful purpose: they keep my tea warm. When I make a pot of tea (something I do fairly frequently) there is invariably more tea in the pot than can fit in the mug. But by the time I drain the mug enough to fit in more tea, the tea in the pot has gone cold.

Now that’s a criminal waste of a good cuppa. Hence, tea cosy.

And Dan, there’s still a few months till Christmas. I’m sure I can think of plenty other things by then

And you thought I was joking

Just out of curiosity.. seriously, how much tea *do* you drink every day?

I have my morning mug (and it’s a latte mug).
Then I frequently have a cup of tea around 10/10:30
One mid afternoon.
Sometimes I’ll have one when I get home and one later on in the evening (never after 9pm though - unless I’m pulling an all nighter - or it keeps me awake).

Most days I drink about three cups. More if I’m bored/cold/sick. If I have a cold and/or lost my voice I basically chain-drink tea as it’s the only thing that helps.

When I’m at home I like to use a pot because it just tastes that bit better

Ah, okay. Not *that* much, then. The way you talked about tea, I thought maybe you chain-drank it all day.
I actually drink more coffee a day than you do tea, on average. I average about 4-5 cups of coffee a day.

It does depend on the situation.

Today for example I’m already on my fourth cup and I expect there will be a few more before the day is out.

I like my tea (a lot) but I prefer to savour it. Take my time over a cup - I might actually have to take a teapot into work… or is that just really sad?

If I was at a work place that didn’t have a coffee pot, I’d either take a thermos full of coffee with me, or a coffee pot. So either 1) it’s not sad or 2) we’re both pathetic.

Ah, but I can make tea at work as there’s a kettle etc - but making it in the mug by dunking the tea bag doesn’t make the BEST cuppa. So you see, I would be going above and beyond…

Here’s a kit I’m sure you’ll love: a strawberry one!

That’s really cute! What a great link, thank you. And welcome to Bright Meadow and the comments