There be dragons

In the early naughties, the ex and I went to China to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. It was a magical holiday; we walked the wall, went into the Forbidden city, saw the Terracotta Army, visited several cities/towns, saw silk farms/workshops, had a tea ceremony etc etc.  We also had 3 days on a boat on the Yangtze and as it was just around the time the dam was being built, we had trips into smaller rivers that would be 'drowned' and saw many wonderful rock artworks, some of which were going to be removed to museums but others would disappear. I'd quite like to go back now and see the difference.
We brought back these little mugs that have the insert into which green tea leaves are placed and hot water poured over.  The lid keeps the tea warm whilst it mulches.... I used mine for quite a while but have gone back to Darjeeling, having travelled to India many times.  They are a lovely blue (extra).