To check out the entire collection of great products for hospitality from Service Ideas, go here:http://www.serviceideas.com/

The Magisso Teacup by designers Vesa Jääskö and Laura Bougdanos has been awarded by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art with the prestigious GOOD DESIGN award. The Magisso Serving Set by designer Maria Kivijärvi also received a GOOD DESIGN Award.

The Magisso Teacup, by Laura Bougdanos and Vesa Jääskö, makes enjoying a cup of high quality tea nice and simple. With the unique triangular bottom it is easy to adjust the strength of tea depending on your taste without making a mess. Just tilt the Teacup so that the strainer side of the cup is lower. Place the tea leafs in the strainer, pour hot water until the leaves are covered. Let it steep until the tea is just right. By tilting the Teacup again, the tea is ready to be enjoyed while the leaves in the strainer spread their natural fragrance, enhancing the flavor of the tea.

Founded in Chicago in 1950 by the iconic architects and designers Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames and Edgar Kaufmann Jr., GOOD DESIGN is the oldest and the world’s most recognized program for design excellence worldwide.

The GOOD DESIGN program received submissions from several thousand of the world’s leading manufacturers and industrial and graphic design firms from around the world representing the most important and critical mass of influential corporations worldwide in the design industry.


So....if you are looking to design a different tea drinking experience, consider the Magisso Teacup.

You can learn more about Magisso and see its entire collection of products by going here:http://www.magisso.com/

With the worldwide tea market estimated at approximately $70 billion and targeted to nearly double in the next 3-5 years, it’s no wonder restaurateurs are working to enhance their tea drinking experience. And, with Starbucks opening its first tea store soon, you know the tea drinking experience is about to change.

Earlier brewing tea with tea leafs and a separate infuser has been troublesome and messy. The new Magisso Teacup makes enjoying a cup of high quality tea nice and simple. Thanks to the triangle bottom, it is easy to adjust the strength of tea depending on your taste without making a mess. Just tilt the Magisso Teacup so that the strainer side of the cup is lower. Then place the tea leafs in the strainer, pour hot water until the leaves are covered and let it steep until the tea is just right. By tilting the Magisso Teacup the other way, the tea is ready to be enjoyed while the leaves in the strainer spread their natural fragrance, enhancing the flavor of the tea.

Finally there is an effortless way to enjoy a perfect cup of tea. All you need is tea and hot water.

Want to differentiate your tea experience? Here's your cup.....

To learn more about the Magisso Teacup and their other design driven products, go here: http://www.magisso.com/

Looking to differentiate and better position your restaurant or hotel? Afternoon tea is a great way to do it!

We continue to hear about the healthful benefits of drinking tea and we can't think of a better way to position a business than to offer afternoon tea in beautiful bone china such as Churchill China's ILLUMINATE - an elegant collection of contemporary bone china tableware. Lightweight, with the perfect amount of finesse for afternoon teas....Churchill's ILLUMINATE has 39 diferent items available with all the practicality that is required from the hospitality industry.

Afternoon tea..... a civilized way to differentiate your restaurant or hotel.

You can view Churchill China's ILLUMINATE fine bone china and all the collections that Churchill has for the foodservice & hospitality industry by going here: http://www.churchillchina.com/

The love of caffeine that the staff at TabletopJournal has is well documented, but we admittedly tend to focus our caffeine craving towards coffee and we know there's a whole world of tea drinkers out there. And, tea evidently has its own list of benefits. For instance...who knew that green tea has the ability to boost a person’s metabolism by producing heat in a person’s body (thermogenesis). Apparently, drinking 4 cups of green tea burns 50 calories!

Well, the good folks at Service Ideas know these things. That's why they are the tea experts. Keep up with the tea experts bygoing to and subscribing to their blog - http://serviceideas.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/teas-part-two/

And, if you just want to see the cool serving products that Service Ideas has for both tea and coffee, simply go here:
http://www.serviceideas.com/