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DIY Tea Lovers Gift Basket Ideas With More Than 60 Fun Customization Options

Gift Basket Ideas for People Who Love Drinking Tea

As long as there are tea lovers in this world, there will always be a demand for tea gift baskets. For some reason, tea and gift baskets just seem to make a great combination. Making your own homemade DIY tea gift basket is actually quite easy. The most challenging part of creating the gift, is deciding what type of tea to include. Just know, that no matter what teas you decide on, your tea gift basket recipient will absolutely love what you put together for them.

When deciding on tea for your DIY tea gift basket, you first need to choose between loose leaf tea and tea bags. You’re safest bet is to go with tea bags, unless your recipient is a real tea aficionado. Although, even tea drinking aficionados appreciate a good cup of tea, no matter how it’s prepared.

There are literally thousands of options available for inclusion in your DIY tea gift basket. So many choices can be a bit overwhelming. Well, have no fear, we are here to help! We came up with a great a-la-carte selection of items that you can purchase directly from Amazon and other online retailers to create your own unique DIY tea-themed gift basket.We’ve included highly-rated selections at various price ranges to allow you to accommodate your budget, while still allowing you to create a tea gift basket your recipient will love! Of course, you don’t have to go with our ideas. You can find many of these items at your local gourmet food store as well. Just keep in mind, that you will need to keep any perishable items that you buy refrigerated until you present the gift.

For your convenience, we’ve broken out the basket items by category to make it easy for you to build your DIY tea gift basket. Just select one or more items from each category, add a few of your own unique product touches, and within minutes, you’ll have everything you need to create an amazing gift basket for your tea loving friend or family member.

DIY homemade tea gift baskets make great gifts for birthdays, Mother’s Day, Christmas, and more. You can also give them as thank you gifts, housewarming gifts, and get well soon gifts!

When deciding on what type of gift items to include in your tea drinker gift basket, consider the following ideas and suggestions. You’ll want to include anywhere between 6 and 10 individual gift items to fill out the gift basket or gift box. The individual gift ideas we selected below generally fall within the $10 – $20 price range, which will allow you to put together a really fun and fantastic looking gift basket for less than $90. If your budget is around the $50 range, just choose from among the lower cost items.

What to include in your tea lover gift basket

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Tea selections

The Republic of Tea Blackberry Sage Black Tea | 50 Tea Bags, Gourmet Black Tea

Tazo Tea Bags Sampler Variety Gift Box with By The Cup Honey Sticks, 10 Different Flavors, 20 Count

Teavana Jade Citrus Mint, Green Tea With Spearmint and Lemongrass, 15 Count 15 Sachets (Pack of 4)

The Republic of Tea – Ginger Peach Green Tea, 50 Tea Bags, Tin | Flavored Fruit Tea | Caffeinated

Stash Tea Fruity Herbal Tea 6 Flavor Tea Sampler, 6 boxes With 18-20 Tea Bags Each

The Republic of Tea – Honey Ginseng Green Tea, 50 Tea Bags, Tin | Flavored Gourmet Tea | Caffeinated

Harney & Sons Victorian London Fog Tea | 30 Sachets, Historic Royal Palaces Collection

The Republic of Tea Cranberry Blood Orange Black Tea, Tin of 50 Tea Bags

Twinings Black Tea Variety Pack with Earl Grey Tea, English Breakfast Tea, Irish Breakfast Tea, and Lady Grey Tea Bags, Individually Wrapped, 20 Count Ea (Pack of 3)

The Republic of Tea British Breakfast Tea 2.8 oz Tin, 50 Tea Bags, Gourmet Black Tea | Caffeinated

Harney & Sons Chamomile Herbal Tea, Classic Tin, 20 Sachets, white

Pukka Herbal Tea Box

Taylors of Harrogate English Breakfast, 50 Teabags

Taylors of Harrogate Blackberry & Raspberry Herbal Tea, 20 Teabags

Taylors of Harrogate Assorted Specialty Teas Box , 48 count

Tea Forte Single Steeps Loose Leaf Tea Sampler, Assorted Variety Tea Box, 15 Single Serve Pouches

Stonewall Kitchen Wild Maine Blueberry Tea

Stonewall Kitchen Raspberry Peach Tea

Stonewall Kitchen Orange Cranberry Tea

Tea infusers

2-Peice Tea Infuser

Stainless Steel Tea Infuser

Tea cups

Tea Infuser Cup

Tea Infuser Cup Option 2

Tea Infuser Cup Option 3

Tea Infuser Cup Option 4

Tea Cup Set

Rustic Matte Finish Tea Cup With Infuser

Ceramic Tea Mug

Candles

19 OZ Aromatherapy Candle

Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Candle

Lavender Candle Set

Eucalyptus Mint Candle

Yankee Candle French Vanilla

Scone mix

British Organic Scone Mix

Lemon Poppy seed and Blueberry Scone Mix

Blueberry Scone Mix

English Lemon Poppy Seed Scone Mix

Jams

Stonewall Kitchen Strawberry Jam

Stonewall Kitchen Peach Jam

Bonne Maman Raspberry Preserve

Bonne Maman Preserves Variety Pack

Honey

Raw New Zealand Honey

Honey Sticks – Raw

Wildflower Honey

To go along with your tea drinker themed gift basket, you may also want to consider including some gourmet cookies. You can probably get the best deals on cookies from your local store.

Of course there are thousands of other small gift ideas that would make great additions to your gift basket. We’ve only scratched the surface. Hopefully our ideas have sparked your imagination and have provided you with a great place to start building your homemade DIY gift basket!

Where to find empty baskets to put your gift items in. You can also consider putting everything in a nice gift box in lieu of a basket!

Best way to arrange your tea lovers gift basket

There is no right or wrong way to arrange or organize your gift basket. As long as you have a great combination of gift items to fill your basket with, you should have a great looking gift. Follow these steps and you’ll have a great looking gift in no time at all.

Line the bottom of your basket or box with tissue paper or some other filler such as shredded colored paper.
Add the larger items that you have selected to the bottom of the basket.
Arrange any smaller items to sit on top of and between the larger items.
Wrap your basket in cellophane and tie off with a colored bow and gift tag.