teaset
Cups and saucers
A teaset is a matching collection of items for serving tea, typically including a teapot, cups, saucers, and often a sugar bowl and creamer.
Fine china teasets are traditional wedding gifts and heirlooms: She brought out her grandmother's teaset for the occasion.
Also spelled tea set.
Small drinking containers
Collection of people meeting
- hostingReceiving guests socially
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- partyGathering for celebration
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
guests · etiquette · invitation · reception · elevenses · entertaining · socializing · chitchat
Measured food portion
- pouringFlowing in volume
- trayShallow portable platform
- tableclothFabric dining surface protector
- napkinsMealtime wiping cloths
hospitality · refreshment · presentation · formal · informal · butler · hostess · dining
Fine ceramic tableware
- ceramicFired clay material
- potteryFired clay objects
- glazeThin lustrous coating
- kilnOven for hardening clay
kaolin · translucent · delicate · chinoiserie · celadon · transferware · gilded · hand-painted
Purified or cultured
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- ornateElaborately decorated
- gracefulElegant in movement
- daintyDelicately small and pretty
exquisite · sophisticated · tasteful · luxurious · gilded · fine · polished · genteel
cups
Small drinking containers
spout · handle · tray · strainer · trivet · cozy · infuser · stand
gathering
Collection of people meeting
- hostingReceiving guests socially
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- partyGathering for celebration
hospitality · guests · etiquette · invitation · reception · elevenses · entertaining · socializing · chitchat · companionship
serving
Measured food portion
- pouringFlowing in volume
- trayShallow portable platform
- tableclothFabric dining surface protector
napkins · hospitality · refreshment · presentation · formal · informal · butler · hostess · dining · tableware
china
Fine ceramic tableware
kiln · kaolin · translucent · delicate · chinoiserie · celadon · transferware · gilded · hand-painted · stoneware
refined
Purified or cultured
dainty · exquisite · sophisticated · tasteful · luxurious · gilded · fine · polished · genteel · handcrafted
matcha
Powdered Japanese green tea
- kaisekiRefined Japanese multi-course cuisine
- tatamiWoven rush floor mat
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
tradition · sencha · whisk · incense · ikebana · wabi-sabi · zen · kintsugi
antique
Old valued collectible
Wedgwood · Spode · Limoges · commemorative · auction · appraisal · provenance · rare · matching · estate-sale
- high teasEarly evening British meals
- herbal teasSteeped plant infusions
- iced teasChilled leaf infusions
- mint teasAromatic herbal brews
- green teasUnfermented leaf infusions
- black teasFully processed tea leaves