Our story
We started as a small group of tea drinkers who kept bringing teaware home for friends abroad. Every trip meant another suitcase of Yixing teapots and porcelain gaiwans, wrapped in newspaper and carried by hand.
Tea & Clay turns that suitcase into a shop. We work directly with potters, kilns and tea farms, choose pieces we would use ourselves, and ship them carefully to your door.
What we believe
- Handmade over mass-produced — every piece is made by a craftsperson whose name we know.
- Honest descriptions — real capacities, real materials, real photos.
- Tea is for everyone — we explain how to use what we sell, not just how to buy it.
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