Clockwise from top left: Green maté tea, $6.95 (5.3 oz.), TeaGschwendner, 1160 N. State St., 312-932-0639. Mordor porcelain teacup with metallic glaze, $75, and saucer, $41; Myriad paisley cotton napkin, $18, at Tabula Tua, 1015 W. Armitage Ave., 773-525-3500. The Teastick by Gamila, $16.95, at Coffee & Tea Exchange, 3311 N. Broadway, 773-528-2241. Maté Cuia (natural gourd), $9.95; maté drinking straw, $6.95, at TeaGschwendner. Chocolate and gold-thread linen/cotton napkin, $32, at Tabula Tua. Casal bentwood tray, $30, and Corso Fiorelli vine-print linen runner, $59, at Genevieve Lethu, 900 N. Michigan Ave., 312-423-9948. Bone and alpaca silver cocktail spoon by Aire del Sur, $210 (set of four) at Tabula Tua.
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Teas, from top: China jasmine pearl tea, $9.95 (1 oz.), from Julius Meinl Coffeehouse, 3601 N. Southport Ave., 773-868-1857. Talbott Teas‘ Chelsea Breakfast, Cocoa Cardamon Spice, Berry Vanilla Creme, Blueberry Bliss, and Green Tea Heaven, $9.95 per 3 oz. tin, talbottteas.com.
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Teapots, from left: White porcelain pot, $20.95; Simon steel pot, $32; at TeaGschwendner. Guy Degrenne porcelain Salam teapot with flannel-lined stainless steel cozy, $125, at P.O.S.H., 613 N. State St., 312-280-1602. Cups, from left: Silver-embossed glass tea cup and saucer, $60, at Tabula Tua. Salam white bone china cup and oval saucer, $20, at P.O.S.H. Glass tea cup, $3.95, and saucer, $3.85; blue printed tea tins, $9.45 each; at TeaGschwendner. Lavender honey drops, $12.95 (8.8 oz. jar), at Southport Grocery & Café, 3552 N. Southport Ave., 773-665-0100.
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Clockwise from top left: Virebent blue porcelain tray, $56; green porcelain tray, $34; porcelain spice pots, $20 each; large spoons, $22 each; at Tabula Tua. Colored sugar, $5.95 (3.3-oz. package), Southport Grocery & Café. Magie fuchsia plastic tray, $19, at Genevieve Lethu. Laque DeChine porcelain tea cups, $80 each, and saucers, $55 each, at Tabula Tua. Printed Ormara plastic tray, $63; Magie small fuchsia plastic tray, $9; Pasyphaé crackle-glaze stoneware tea cup and saucer, $23; dessert plates, $23 each, and mini dishes, $9 each. Patterned Toucana stoneware dessert plates, $12; Baydzar cotton napkin, $15; Moka stainless steel with gold-tone finish spoon ($18, set of six); at Genevieve Lethu. Virebent spice pot and small green spoon, $18. Julius Meinl strawberry preserves, $6.50 (7-oz. jar), at Julius Meinl. Virebent three-part porcelain dish, $26, at Tabula Tua. Loose teas at TeaGschwendner. Magie large fuchsia plastic tray, $21; Ormara cotton napkin, $12, at Genevieve Lethu. Laque DeChine tea cup and saucer.
Photograph: Leonard Gertz