Ceramic Tea Cups: Unique Handmade Tea Cups with Style

Take a look at these ceramic tea cups because they come in many beautiful styles from whimsical to artsy to modern. The best ceramic tea cups have that handmade look and feel to them and the best person to give them to (other than yourself of course) is friends and family - because they will most likely invite you over to enjoy them as well. :)

Below I have hand picked some of my favorite ceramic tea cups and mugs all of which are either available for purchase or will be again soon. Why not pamper yourself with a new handmade tea cup and a hot cup of your favorite tea? If you need a few suggestions on where to find more delightful tea sensations I'll point you in the right direction below as well.

There is certainly a different feel to drinking tea depending on what vessel you are actually drinking the tea from. I'm curious to find out how you like your tea.

More tea-licious fun to tickle your tongue

Adagio Teas:
Adagio Teas is one of my favorite online tea stores. They have a fantastic site with a huge selection of delightful tea for sale. They also have tons of community based features so you can interact with fellow tea lover's around the world, perfect for discovering great new teas to try. Don't miss my favorite tea chef area for yummy tea recipes and contests.

Teavana:
Teavana is a wonderful tea shop that I often stop by when I get a chance (for the free tea samples of course). They now have their own web site that is truly a delight to shop on. They have a fantastic selection of tea cups, tea gift sets, teapots, tea storage tins, tea boxes, teapot warmers... I could go on and on. Oh, and of course wonderful tea! I said wonderful twice I must really mean it. =)

The White Blossom tea cup from Teavana really has a unique handmade feel to it. The white flowers on every cup are lovingly hand painted giving each tea cup that straight from the potter's wheel feel. A truly artistic gift for that special someone in your life - and if you want to give yourself a treat go on and do it - you deserve it.

This 10oz tea cup has a fantastic earthy essence while maintaining a delicate charm that will compliment your favorite teapot, it goes especially well with my favorite - Yixing teapots.

Another handmade tea mug with a beautiful glaze is this Spring Poem tea mug. This green and yellow ceramic mug is hand inscribed with Japanese calligraphy depicting a spring poem. Everyone could use a touch of Spring in their lives no matter what the season.

This tea mug comes with an infusing strainer and lid: an added bonus that makes this beautiful tea mug one of my recommended choices for the perfect cup of tea.

This popular Spring Poem tea mug was recently sold out at Teavana - Find more handmade teacups like this one available for sale from Teavana.

This simple yet elegant 10 oz. silver grey matte bamboo tea cup is a delight to enjoy tea from. The delicate wisp of colored glaze on the outside compliments the gorgeous rich orange yellow glaze in the inside and bottom. This is simply a delightful handmade ceramic tea cup complete with grooves from the potter's wheel beautifully designed to mimic bamboo.

Bamboo symbolizes nobility, growth and strength.

This black matte bamboo tea cup was a best seller and was recently sold out at Teavana - Find more handmade teacups like this one available for sale from Teavana. They currently have a Carved Bamboo Tea Cup in stock that is somewhat similar and has a nice clean bamboo design. (Also Available at Amazon below)

The Tien-mu green glazed tea cup is another popular addition to the Teavana line of handmade ceramic teacups, and what a beauty it is. The unique layered Japanese style glaze on this tea cup is fantastic. It is actually achieved by combing one glaze over another. The end result is a beautiful layered glaze that is truly original for each and every tea cup.

This 6oz. tea cup also comes with a handcrafted wooden gift box which as the name gift box implies is perfect for a holiday gift.

Currently sold out of this particular tea cup but you can find similar handmade teacups like this one available for sale from Teavana. In, fact they have a delightful Tri Color Peacock Tea Cup currently for sale that I'm sure you'd love.

Where does tea tree oil come from?

•Did you know that Tea tree oil doesn't actually come from tea bushes or trees?

That's right, tea is produced from Camellia sinensis which is an evergreen shrub or small tree.

Tea tree oil on the other hand is made from the plant Melaleuca alternifolia which is native to Australia and completely unrelated to the tea plant used to make tea.

This Beautifully glazed ceramic tea cup is one of my favorites. A nice sized tea cup at 8oz. it captures the essence of traditional tea drinking with its handmade look and feel.

The crackle effect and glaze on this Japan Crackle Hearts Tea Cup really speaks to the creative artist in me - this is a tea cup I'd love to get as a gift this holiday season I'm sure you know someone who would love it too.

The horse symbolizes loyalty, leadership and intelligence

Tupelo honey gained much recognition as the name of a 1971 hit album by Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, but tea lover's world wide know it as a rare varietal honey produced from the nectar of the tupelo tree blossoms found in the Southeastern United States. This tree blossoms for only three weeks each April.

Tupelo honey trees produce an all-fructose honey with a wonderful melt in your mouth flavor, that never crystallizes in the bottle.

This 20oz. bottle contains enough tupelo honey to add just the right amount of sweetness to all your favorite teas. If you are looking for the "Queen of the honey world" this is the tea for you.

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The dragonfly motif is one of my favorites in ceramic tea cups and here are a couple fine examples of that design. The Dragonfly symbolizes new beginnings and good fortune as well as love and romance - so why not make a new beginning and buy one of these ceramic dragonfly tea cups - I can't promise the love and romance but who knows...Valentine's day is just around the corner.

This tea mug also comes with a tea strainer that fits right into the mug for a very easy cup of tea. Cap it off with the included lid while steeping to hold in all that wonderful tea flavor and you have yourself one fine cup of tea.

Give the gift of jewels with this splendid tea cup set

This is a beautiful ceramic teacup set in five wonderfully earthy colors each representing a different jewel. Yellow for Topaz, Cobalt Blue for Sapphire, Red for Ruby, Gray for Onyx and Green for Emerald.

Each teacup holds 8oz of your favorite tea, well once you fill them with your favorite tea of course. Nothing says I love you this Christmas like the gift of jewels, even if they are only jewel inspired tea cups.

Find handmade tea sets like this one available for sale from Teavana They currently have a similar 5 piece Go Crackle Tea Cup Set for sale for $39.99