Defront's Hei Tea Set
Designers: Chang Liu, Jingzi Pan & Danyang Fu (Defront) from Hangzhou China created a modern tea set which hopes to put a fresh twist on tea preparation ceremony. This singular tea set can be used to prepare the three types of Chinese tea, namely Green Tea, White Tea, and Floral Tea.
An infuser module nestles into the kettle allowing your tea leaves to sit inside and brew the water in the kettle. Integrated into the handle of the infuser lies a thermometer that tells you the temperature of the brew, allowing you to prepare your tea at the exact temperature required by each different type of tea. Once you’re done, pour out your perfectly prepared elixir into the adorable cup that comes along with the tea set and sip away!
This beautiful tea service hopes to make traditional drinking ceremonies popular with the country's younger generation.
"We noticed that the tea ceremony is vanishing among the young generation," said the brand, which was founded in 2015 with the aim of using design to re-engage with tradition.
"Inspired by the modern fast-working pace and increasing need of spiritual substance, we wished to make a design that could make the tea ceremony just as simple as having a tea bag," it continued.
Defront funded the tea set on Kickstarter, achieving $36,528 of support in just three days.