May and June are bursting with celebrations of significant life events and milestones, and offer tea retailers a huge opportunity to increase sales. Best of all, these gifts are easy for customers to buy and their recipients will love all the extra touches you can provide.

Offer entertainment with in-home or in-shop with a How-to-Blend Tea Demonstration. This is such a fun way for your customers to celebrate tea lovers among dads, grads, and moms. Charge a “per person” fee for 3 to 5 tea sample tastings, small snacks to refresh the palate between tastings, a pre-printed tally sheet and pencil for note taking, plus everyone’s favorite party favor, a swag bag! This can include packages of the tea samples used, flavoring samples, measuring spoon, and perhaps a pretty bowl for blending.

The demonstration can focus on a theme, like blending with flowers, herbs and spices, or dedicating it to a variety of masala chai seasonings to demonstrate how different spices and various milks amp up the chai-tasting experience (using plant milks like coconut, oat or almond, condensed milk, and full-fat cow’s milk.)

Learning how to blend their favorite flavorings with their favorite teas will certain inspire creativity (and repeat sales) as they experiment with food and beverage recipes at home.

Gadgets and tools aren’t just for guys; loads of women love them too as special gifts for graduations, Father’s Day, and Mother’s Day. Just a few ideas to consider are our varieTEA kettle for exacting temperature-control suitable for all types of teas and tisanes; whisks, scoops, and strainers for exceptional matcha preparation, and graviTEA, the everyday, all-day water purifying pitcher to ensure that every glass, every cup is purely delicious.

Moms, brides, and grandmas will love the elegant choices of our clear glass and copper kettles, as pretty on the stove as they are on the tea table. Add some of our sample jars of premium or whipped Adagio Honey selections or one of 10 full-size bottles of Adagio honey selections for a sweet idea for everyone.

Make-it-Easy Gift Basket: Dedicate a display for potential gift items for those who like to pick and choose, or compile a few sample gift baskets which you can sell as an easy-peasy last-minute gift purchase. To those furnishing their first apartment, whether newlyweds or graduates, what could be more special than an exceptional Yixing teapot destined to be an heirloom. (Gifted with artisanal teas, of course.) For traditional gift baskets or for smaller Table Favors for Showers, Weddings, and Parties display a collection of, tea candles, colorful ceramic mugs and stainless steel infusers, tea samplers, Adagio honeys, rock sugar, and glass storage jars to keep teas fresh and fragrant. By displaying a wide variety of items, you’re sure to entice, inspire, and increase sales.

Remember the coffee lovers! We now have five selections of our premium Lardera French Press and Pour Over Coffee Singles. Each is an exceptional, sophisticated, beautifully grown and prepared example of the finest coffees for the most discerning palates. Fun to use at home, in the dorm, or traveling whether for business or that wonderful honeymoon.

PS: June is National Iced Tea Month, so stock up on our Airtight Iced Tea Makers or Iced Tea Pitchers (both with a variety of colorful tops), our wide variety of iced tea pouches that make yummy teas in bulk sizes from quart to gallon to make brewing iced tea a snap for your customers. Did you know that every month is just right for iced tea? In fact, nearly 80% (!!!) of all tea consumed in the United States is iced tea, according to the Tea Association of the USA.