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Infantilized Tea

Tea accessories are revamped with child-like designs to diversify appeal

Implications - As a method to market a once-stuffy tradition to more diverse market audiences, brands are turning to playful, toy-like accessories to add visual excitement to tea time. By adding youthful qualities to a traditionally pristine product, retailers are able to expose a sophisticated and healthy habit to wider audiences.
Trend Themes
1. Playful Tea Accessories - Brands are turning to playful, toy-like accessories to add visual excitement to tea time and market a once-stuffy tradition to more diverse market audiences.
2. Quirky Tea Infusers - Tea infusers are being revamped and redesigned to create unique and quirky tea experiences for consumers.
3. Innovative Tea Brewing Methods - New and innovative tea brewing devices are being developed to make tea brewing faster, easier and more convenient for consumers.
Industry Implications
1. Consumer Goods Industry - The consumer goods industry can learn from the trend of turning traditional products into fun, playful and quirky items to appeal to a wider audience and boost sales.
2. Kitchenware Industry - The kitchenware industry can capitalize on the trend of unique and innovative tea infusers to create a range of fun and useful kitchen items for the modern consumer.
3. E-commerce Industry - The e-commerce industry can take advantage of the popularity of unique and unusual tea accessories by creating an online shop that specializes in selling quirky and innovative kitchenware items.
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Date Range:
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Featured Examples

Marine Mammal Infuser
Marine Mammal Infuser
The Dreaming Whale Tea Capsule Spouts Beautiful Brewed Flavors
If tea time is break time, why not have a bit of fun with it? This Dreaming Whale Tea Infuser brings a playful spirit to sipping your favorite herbal medley, containing messy loose leaf and... MORE
Lollypop-Like Tea Infusers
Lollypop-Like Tea Infusers
This Tea Infusion Tool Makes Tea Time Tantalizingly Sweet
These tea infusion instruments from PerpetualKids make tea time a more playful experience. The sucker styled steeper can be filled with the perfect proportion of one’s favorite tea leaves. Then,... MORE
Tea-Squeezing Infusers
Tea-Squeezing Infusers
This Mess-Free Design by Dreamfarm Speeds up the Brewing Process
A cup of tea can take forever to brew; Dreamfarm has come up with a solution to speed up the process. The Teafu Squeeze Tea Fast Infuser is a colorful hand-held device that pumps pressure onto tea... MORE
Space Shuttle Tea Infusers
Space Shuttle Tea Infusers
The Rocket Tea Infuser is Out of This World
Take your taste buds on an intergalactic ride with the Rocket Tea Infuser. Shaped like a mini spaceship, this radical rocket tea infuser is sure to make tea time a little more adventurous and fun.... MORE
T-Shirt Tea Infusers
T-Shirt Tea Infusers
The Tea Shirt by Qualy Uses a Tee to Infuse Your Tea
Whatever you use to infuse your tea can’t be as quirky as this. The Tea Shirt by Thailand-based company Qualy transforms a fun play on words into a practical object. This tea infuser, shaped... MORE
Heart-Themed Tea Mixers
Heart-Themed Tea Mixers
The Tea to My Heart Tea Infuser Makes Sure Love is the Secret Ingredient
A heart tea infuser, in a strange way, embodies everything about Valentine’s day. The hearts are pretty on-the-nose and the most obvious of the love-related paraphernalia, but there are other... MORE

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