Nostalgic for the days of cassette tapes? Even if your choice of musical format has moved on, you can share your love with this C60 mug, designed by Rod Clark.
The design is based on the label from a 1970s BASF cassette tape which has been simply wrapped around the mug. Perfect for using alongside this cassette coaster.
The mug costs £6.99
Buy it from Brighton Pod
Looking for a reasonably priced gift for a secret Santa or a stocking filler? You could do worse than looking at the Heritage London range which includes this bus mug.
The mug features an illustration by Fiona Howard and has the same retro feel as her other work. It features a simplified outline of a red London bus, contrasting nicely to the cream of the mug. There's also a black taxi available in the same range.
Made from earthenware and completely microwave and dishwasher safe, the mug costs just £6.
Buy it from Marks & Spencer
Looking for a teapot with a bit more attitude than the usual designs? Check out the Love Hate teapot from Welovekarou.
The design is inspired by the 1955 film The Night of the Hunter and the Love/Hate tattoos across character Harry Powell's knuckles. One side of the teapot shows Love, illustrated by a traditional tattoo style heart and doves. The other side of course shows hate – portrayed by a dagger going through a heart. Something to ponder over a pot of tea!
The teapot costs £60 while you can get the same design on a cup and saucer for £28 for a cup and saucer.
Buy it from Luna and Curious
This sugar and cream stacker is one item from the Avoca Button Ceramics range, which are all decorated with a print of colourful vintage buttons. The two pieces fit neatly together to make it easier to carry out for afternoon tea.
The collection includes a mug, two sizes of teapot (2 or 6 cup), side plate, cup & saucer and a butter dish. The sugar and cream stacker costs £19.95 with the rest of the collection ranging from £9.95 for the mug up to £39.95 for the large teapot.
View the whole collection online at the Bloomsbury Store.
This is possibly one of the silliest items I’ve seen in some time, but Christmas is coming and we are partial to a cup of tea, so I thought I would share these with you.
The Sex, Tea and Rock n Roll Tea Bags are part of the Tea Party series by German company Donkey Products. Quite simply, each tea bag has a cardboard image of a famous person instead of the the usual string and tab. In this case, the characters are icons from music; Elvis, Hendrix, Lennon, Jackson and Marley. There is also a classic film themed set consisting of Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Charlie Chaplin and I’m guessing Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster, as well as other themes such as politics, peace, Christmas and royalty.
A set of five tea party bags costs €7.95 (around £7) from Donkey Products.
Having a lot of people around for afternoon tea? Let The Vintage Table lighten the load.
The Vintage Table supplies crockery for hire for events around London, the twist being – as you might expect from the name – that the crockery is all vintage. It ranges in date from the 1920s through to the '60s and includes such charming gems as the coffee pot pictured which is from the 1930s. The service grew out of the personal ceramics collection of the owner Claire and has no doubt been helped along by her antique dealer father.
The company offers the hire, set-up and styling and even washing-up, if desired. To give you an idea of price, hire of crockery for afternoon tea for 50 people costs £240.
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