Bamboo Tea Tong | Stained & Carved | H199302

A pair of simple dark stained and carved bamboo tea tongs.

Tea tongs, also known as tea chopsticks, are small tools used for warming tea cups. Using the tea tong, the tea artist picks up the tea cups to discard the first serving of tea. They can also be used to pick out the brewed tea leaves from the teapot.

Traditionally, the cups are placed in hot water for sterilization and warming up before serving tea. After this step, tea tongs come in handy for gripping the hot cups and placing them on the tea tray, which keeps the cups sanitary and the hands from burning.