With its centuries-old history, many health benefits and an incredible range of taste, it is not a surprise that tea is the most popular drink in the world. In 2017 people in the US alone has consumed about 84 billion tea servings and 3.8 million gallons of water needed to make it. And somehow, even with the Starbucks cult, almost 90% of millennials count themselves as tea drinkers. Made famous in the European countries around 1600s tea drinking just seems to grow more popular each year.

Now, if you are a tea lover and drinker, you'd surely like to make the experience as pleasurable as possible. A traditional Chinese teaware set consist of around 26 items, things like fire chopsticks and a brush included in it, used to express tea benefits fully. But not many of us have the time to use this much of teaware every time we want to brew a cup. So narrowed down essentials often consist of a mug and a tea infuser, unless you just love to munch on the loose tea leaves together with the drink. Now, we do believe that you already have your favorite mug, but how about the infuser?

We have compiled the most thorough list of creative tea strainers and tea diffusers, which you can either get for yourself or use as gift ideas for your beloved tea drinker.