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Best Tea Cups

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Best Tea Cups

They'll be sipping pretty with the help of these elegant porcelain teacups and saucers. Made in Italy, the bold green stripes accentuate the cup's stunning fluted shape as the precious branches at the center of the saucer bring a sense of whimsy to the set.

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Best Japanese Tea Pot

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Best Japanese Tea Pot

The kyusu is the ideal teapot for fans of green or herbal teas. The traditional Japanese vessel offers a lot of room for the tea leaves to unfurl, allowing the pure flavors of the tea to develop. The best part is that there's already a strainer built into the spout which means they don't need to worry about buying a separate one.

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Best Electric Kettle

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Best Electric Kettle

When it comes to choosing an electric kettle, they can never go wrong with a sleek Stagg. The game-changing kettle allows users to adjust the temperature setting by one-degree increments. This ensures they can brew their favorite teas at their recommended temperature without worrying about over-extracting the leaves or making a bitter brew.

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Best Tea Gift Set

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Best Tea Gift Set

Fortnum and Mason has been regarded as a purveyor of tea since its inception in 1707. In celebration of King Charles IIIs coronation, Fortnum and Mason created a commemorative gift box filled with tea and sweets. Inside the box, there's a bold Darjeeling blend (the King's favorite type of tea!) along with chocolate crowns and English berries preserves, all presented in exclusive packaging.

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Best Matcha Set

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Best Matcha Set

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If theyre just getting into matcha, Omacchaya's Sayamakaori ceremonial-grade tea is a great starting point with its balanced earthy notes. This gift set includes a tin of the beloved matcha along with a chasen (wooden whisk) and measuring spoon, both designed by Japanese artisans.

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Best Glass Kettle

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Best Glass Kettle

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If they love to host people for tea parties or often drink more than one cup, consider getting a reliable glass teapot. This one by Bodum gives the tea leaves room to breathe and allows drinkers to see when their tea reaches their desired shade.

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Best Tea Box

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Best Tea Box

Tea snobs can enjoy classic English tea right in the comfort of their homes thanks to Mrs. Bakewell's one-of-a-kind cream tea boxes. Each set comes with handmade scones, fruit preserves, clotted cream, and teaeverything they need for a proper tea party.

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Best Book

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Best Book

Chih Jung-Sien, also known as Tea Parker, shows people how to properly pair different teas with food in his new book, The Tea Sommelier. The book looks at various cuisines from around the world and goes into detail about what flavor profiles and types of teas will complement each dishand the ones to avoid.

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Best Strainer

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Best Strainer

Moving from using bags to loose-leaf tea will immediately change their tea game, but they need a trusted strainer that's easy to use and easy to clean. Finum's large filter is large enough to allow the leaves to fully unfurl and fits snugly in most mugs. Also, it's dishwasher-safe which makes cleaning up a breeze.

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Best Chai

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Best Chai

Atlanta-based tea company, The Chai Box, works with farms in India's Kerala region to create one-of-a-kind chai that has rich aromas and flavors. Each blend is inspired by a different region of India from the Hill Station Shimla at the foot of the Himalayas to the tropical landscape of Kerala.

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Best Travel Mug

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Best Travel Mug

For those always on the go, a stylish yet reliable travel tumbler like this one by Fellow is a must. The Carter mug features a double-wall vacuum that keeps liquids hot for 12 hours and a wide mouth that allows drinkers to enjoy the tea's full aromas.

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Best Storage

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Best Storage

Tea leaves start to lose their flavor and aromas over timeespecially when exposed to too much air and sunlight. While designed for coffee, these airtight containers can help preserve the freshness of tea thanks to their opaque exterior and patented inner lining.

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Best Herbal Tea

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Best Herbal Tea

Tea enthusiasts will agree that a smooth mint tea makes for the ideal nightcap. Sharp yet refreshing, this mint tisane from the Art of Tea blends together spearmint and peppermint grown and harvested straight from the Pacific coast.

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Best Stirring Spoons

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Best Stirring Spoons

Liven up their tea spread with these darling glass spoons. The quirky creations are purposefully designed with a rounded and polished bowl to ensure they don't hurt their lips. Bonus: the stirring spoons also come in a variety of colors and patterns to fit everyone's personal style.

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Best Tea Liqueur

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Best Tea Liqueur

It's about time we combine teatime and happy hour. Fortnum & Mason and Conker Spirit Distillery teamed up to create a revolutionary tea liqueur that's expertly cold-brewed for 24 hours. The result is a complex and citrus-forward spirit that stands out beautifully in a spritz or on its own.

Sarah DiMarco is the Assistant Editor at VERANDA, covering all things art, design, and travel, and she also manages social media for the brand.

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Im a big fan of humor. Whether Im watching TV, listening to a podcast, or reading a book, I prefer comedic entertainment to anything else. The funny thing about humor (no pun intended) is how, despite being a universally recognized feeling, the things we actually find funny vary drastically across and even within cultures. For example: the kitten mittens scene from Season 5 of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia is, to me, the absolute pinnacle of hilarity. Ive never laughed harder. However, Im sure there are probably some (though nobody I know) who could watch it with a completely straight face. No matter what your style of humor is, the library has something to make you giggle.

Some of the most popular humorous books are collections of essays, many of which are also available through eBook and audiobook. One of the most prolific essayists is David Sedaris, whose recent work includes Happy-Go-Lucky (2022) and A Carnival of Snackery (2021), in addition to many others. In this same section of the library, youll find compilations by authors like Jenny Lawson (Furiously Happy) and Samantha Irby (Wow, No Thank You), who are well-known for making readers laugh out loud page after page. I personally recommend Solutions and Other Problems, an illustrated collection of autobiographical essays by Allie Brosh, who also wrote Hyperbole and a Half.

If youre into stand-up, theres a good chance your favorite comedian has penned a book! Jim Gaffigan, Mindy Kaling, Tom Segura and Jerry Seinfeld are a few that come to mind, but there are plenty of others available through the consortium. We also have a great collection of biographies and autobiographies by and about comedians, like Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir by the wonderful Bob Odenkirk, and Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom by Michael Seth Starr. Theres even a brand-new biography for children (part of the Little Golden Book series) by Andrea Posner-Sanchez about the legendary comedienne Carol Burnett! On the flip side, you can also check out the stand-up specials and/or television series by these same comedians, if thats what youre into.

This is obviously nowhere near an exhaustive list there are hilarious books and movies for every offbeat sense of humor out there, which is saying something. True-crime junkies may like Grave Humor: A Photo Tour of Funny, Ironic, and Ridiculous Tombstones by M.T. Coffin. Bird aficionados could appreciate The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America (followed in 2021 by The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World). For those who prefer to approach humor through a more analytical lens, you may enjoy On Humor, originally published in Italian by Luigi Pirandello. In it, he declares that Comedy and its opposite lie in the same disposition of feeling, and they are inside the process which results from it. Not quite kittens in mittens, but it might be just what youre looking for!

Top Requested Books

1. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

2. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

3. Spare by Prince Harry

4. Happy Place by Emily Henry

5. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

6. Simply Lies by David Baldacci

7. The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand

8. Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane

9. I Will Find You by Harlan Coben

10. 23rd Midnight by James Patterson

Top Requested DVDs

1. 80 for Brady

2. Triangle of Sadness

3. Living

4. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

5. All Quiet on the Western Front (2023)

6. Champions

7. Marlowe

8. Maybe I Do

9. The Whale

10. A Man Called Otto

This Week

MONDAY 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Crafternoon To-Go This month, were making Yarn Wall Art. Pick up your kit in our first floor Makerspace while supplies last; 2-4 p.m., Quilting Group Bring your supplies and practice your crafting skills with others; 4-4:45 p.m., Couch to 5k Run Club Our running group is designed to help almost anyone go from a non-runner to a 5k distance runner in 8 weeks, following the C25k program.

TUESDAY 1-2 p.m., Tuesday Afternoon Book Discussion This month, we will meet on Zoom AND in person to discuss After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Email Caroline at cbadowski@westerlylibrary.org for meeting details; 1-4 p.m., Community Resource Advocate Visit our volunteer Community Resource Advocate, who can help connect you with local services/resources; 4-5 p.m., Tabletop Tuesdays Ages 8-12 are invited to join us in playing various tabletop role-playing games, like Dungeons and Dragons! Snacks provided; 4-5:30 p.m., Spring Dungeons and Dragons This program is for teens in grades 7-12, and preregistration is required; 5:30-7:30 p.m., Knit and Crochet Group A friendly knitting, crochet, needlework, and yarn craft club; 6-7 p.m., Author Talk and Signing with Gesine Bullock-Prado | My Vermont Table In partnership with Savoy Bookshop & Caf, please join us for an author talk with Gesine Bullock-Prado and her book My Vermont Table. Registration is required to attend.

WEDNESDAY 10-10:30 a.m., Family Storytime Geared towards ages birth-11 years; 2-3:30 p.m., Virtual Tech Social We meet on Zoom every Wednesday to address your tech questions. Preregistration is required; 5-6 p.m., Pride Club Meet other LGBTQIA2+ teens and allies while enjoying snacks, playing games, and hanging out; 6-7:30 p.m., Cookbook Club Well be talking about Alison Romans book Nothing Fancy while enjoying recipes weve prepared! Contact cskobrak@westerlylibrary.org to register.

THURSDAY 1-2 p.m., Homeschool Hangout Meet other homeschooled teens in grades 7-12; 4-5 p.m., Crafternoon Thursday Stop in for weekly crafting activities and snacks; 5:30-7:30 p.m., Chess Club Players of all skill levels are welcome; 6-6:30 p.m., Tween Advisory Board Hang out with our Tween librarian and let him know what you want to see in the library.

FRIDAY 10-11 a.m., Project Outreach Veterans Assistance Members of organization are on site to aid veterans in navigating available benefits and other services.

SATURDAY 10-11:30 a.m., Walking Tour of Wilcox Park | Native Flowers and Trees URI Master Gardeners will lead you around one loop of the Park during the tour, beginning and ending on the park Esplanade; 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Sensory Saturday Join us for open play with different sensory items to stimulate the senses; 1-3 p.m., Esports and Tabletop Games - Enjoy an afternoon of gaming with both tabletop and video games; 12-3 p.m., Friends Mothers Day Tea Party Join us for a traditional tea party (with the addition of virgin or standard mimosas) to honor the mother in your life. Tickets are $20 and all proceeds benefit the library.

Cassie Skobrak is an adult services librarian at the Westerly Library & Wilcox Park.

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Fergie is still ready to par-tea.

Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson, ex-wife of the monarch's brother Prince Andrew,may not be attending King Charles III's coronation May 6, but that doesn't mean she wasn't celebrating the big day.The A Most Intriguing Lady author took to Instagram May 5 to share photos from the tea party she hosted withMuick and Sandy, the late Queen Elizabeth II's beloved Pembroke Welsh corgis.

"I hope you have got the bunting out ready for the Coronation tomorrow," Sarah wrote. "I certainly have. Today I assembled a tea fit for a King which I shared with the residents at the Manor Care Home in Windsor to help them celebrate. Enjoy the weekend!"

The photos featured theprecious pooches enjoying tea, named after Queen Camilla, and pastries, including "Charles' Crunchy Cream Cake," at a beautifully decorated table fit for a king.

Leading up to the coronation, a source told E! News that Sarah would not be asked to attend Charles' coronation, which her ex-husband will be attending, per the BBC.

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Far from the pomp and circumstance in England, many places in New Zealand will be taking part in celebrations on the eve of King Charles III's coronation.

One of the far-flung locales is a shop in Ashburton's town centre.

"We've sold a lot of memorabilia for the Queen and the royal families," Homestead's Rachael Redmond told 1News.

"We've also sold a lot of crystal people are having their little whiskies and little drams at night."

From high tea to coronation quiche, a right royal tea party is proving popular with the locals.

The local council will be taking part in the festivities with a tree planting in the royal garden at Ashburton Domain.

"It pays homage to his precedence over the country," Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown said.

"We've got trees in here for the Queen, we commemorated Princess Diana when she passed away. The Queen Mother we've got trees here for that."

Melissa Stokes and Daniel Faitaua will host 1News Presents: Their Majesties' Coronation from 7pm on TVNZ 1, TVNZ+ and 1News.co.nz.

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