{"title":"Tea Boxes","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eElegant tea boxes offer a refined way to organize and store your favorite tea blends while adding charm to your kitchen or dining space. Crafted from printed wood and adorned with distinctive patterns and artwork, these boxes combine functionality with decorative appeal. Designed with multiple compartments for easy organization, they help preserve freshness while transforming everyday tea rituals into a more thoughtful and visually pleasing experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mehr-tea-box-in-printed-wood","title":"'Mehr' Tea Box in Printed Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mehr tea box belongs to the North Indian tradition of decorative woodware — wooden forms treated with surface print and sealed under a waterproof finish to produce objects that are functional and decorative in equal measure. Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with an ornamental pattern and sealed under lacquer. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where artisans adapt the vocabulary of India's painted and lacquered woodwork to contemporary domestic storage forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface print on Mehr draws from the vocabulary of the Persian carpet tradition — the repeating field pattern, the organised border, the dense ornamental ground that characterises the classic carpet composition. The carpet's visual language travelled from Persia into the Mughal court and thence into Indian decorative tradition broadly: the same compositional principles that organise a Mughal court carpet organise the block-printed textiles of Sanganer, the printed borders of Kashmiri shawls, and the surface decoration of Indian lacquered objects. Mehr in Persian names the sun, warmth, and love — the quality of warmth that the carpet tradition has always associated with the inhabited interior, the surface underfoot and around the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this wooden tea box suited to everyday counter use for tea bag storage and display. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour are a natural feature of the process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192905785367,"sku":null,"price":127.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/Karo_Listings_8_a50c0a48-4113-4ddf-bf9f-0f7f998a0a92.svg?v=1780680521"},{"product_id":"faiz-tea-box-in-printed-wood","title":"'Faiz' Tea Box in Printed Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Faiz tea box belongs to the North Indian tradition of decorative woodware — wooden forms treated with surface print and sealed under a waterproof lacquer to produce objects that are functional and decorative in equal measure. Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with a multicolour ornamental pattern and sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where artisans adapt the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork to contemporary domestic forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface print on Faiz carries the multicolour ornamental vocabulary of the North Indian decorative tradition — the dense compositional approach that treats the surface of a domestic object as an opportunity for pattern. The large format of this tea bag storage box gives the print more territory to work with: the lid becomes a small field of ornament, the sides carry the pattern consistently. Faiz in Arabic and Urdu names abundance and grace — the quality of bountifulness, the condition of having more than enough, which the large format of this box embodies in its generous surface and its capacity for storing many varieties of tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative tea box suited to everyday counter use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour are a natural feature of the process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192906276887,"sku":null,"price":162.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_913fb58c-2c52-46c4-a325-b3cf15ad90d4.svg?v=1780680578"},{"product_id":"paras-tea-box-in-printed-wood-and-resin","title":"'Paras' Tea Box in Printed Wood and Resin","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Paras tea box belongs to the North Indian tradition of decorative woodware — wooden forms treated with surface print and sealed under a resin finish to produce objects that are functional and decorative in equal measure. The resin layer is applied over the printed wood surface, giving it additional depth and translucency that a plain lacquer finish does not achieve. This approach draws on the same North Indian workshop tradition of printed woodware, extended here into a resin finish process that gives the antique gold palette its particular warmth and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe antique gold palette of Paras belongs to the tradition of Indian heritage objects — the colour of aged metal, of manuscript illumination, of the objects that have been present at daily life long enough to have acquired patina. Paras in Sanskrit and Hindi names the philosopher's stone — the legendary substance that transforms base metal into gold, the transmuting force that turns the ordinary into the precious. The antique gold surface of this wooden tea box holds that quality: the resin deepens the print into something that reads as material rather than surface decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof resin surface makes this decorative tea storage box suited to everyday use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood and resin. Variations in the resin surface and colour tone are natural features of the process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinor differences in print registration should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192906768407,"sku":null,"price":176.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_2_932398d1-755d-4b2a-bb2f-502c80588d5e.svg?v=1780680631"},{"product_id":"surabhi-tea-box-in-printed-wood","title":"'Surabhi' Tea Box in Printed Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Surabhi tea box belongs to the North Indian tradition of decorative woodware — wooden forms treated with surface print and sealed under a waterproof lacquer. Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with a floral ornamental pattern and sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork is adapted to contemporary domestic storage forms including tea bag boxes, tissue covers, and coasters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface print on Surabhi draws from the floral vocabulary of the night-jasmine — Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, the flower that opens only at dusk and falls before dawn. The night-jasmine (paarijaat or harshingar) has been present in Indian botanical illustration since the Mughal period, catalogued in the margins of court manuscripts and depicted in temple courtyard plantings across the subcontinent. It is the flower of the evening hour — the same hour as the cup of tea, the time when the day's work ends and something warm and considered begins. Surabhi in Sanskrit names the quality of sweet fragrance — the cow of plenty in Vedic mythology whose milk flows without limit, and by extension anything that is fragrant and giving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative wooden tea box suited to everyday counter and shelf use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour are a natural feature of the process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Karo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45192907161623,"sku":null,"price":162.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/KaroListings_4_8ad0219f-07a4-4637-b627-eb23c7bd292e.svg?v=1780680690"},{"product_id":"gandha-tea-box-in-printed-wood","title":"'Gandha' Tea Box in Printed Wood","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gandha tea box belongs to the North Indian tradition of decorative woodware — wooden forms treated with surface print and sealed under a waterproof lacquer. Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with a night-jasmine ornamental pattern and sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, adapting the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork to contemporary domestic storage forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrow format of the Gandha box — a single-row tea bag organiser — places its surface print in close proximity to the user: the lid opens at hand height, the ornament is seen and touched daily. The night-jasmine motif on the surface carries the same botanical and cultural weight as the larger Surabhi box — the evening flower, the fragrance of the threshold hour — compressed to a smaller, more intimate daily surface. Gandha in Sanskrit names fragrance itself — the quality of scent as a present, palpable thing — appropriate for a box whose daily use is associated with the fragrant ritual of tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this handmade tea box suited to everyday counter use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with a multicolour ornamental pattern on an ivory ground and sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork is adapted to contemporary domestic storage forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ivory ground of Dhaval gives the surface print a different quality from the deeper-ground boxes in the Brahm range: the ornament sits in relief on the pale field, visible at a distance, warm from close range. The ivory palette — not cold white but the specifically warm, living paleness of aged materials — belongs to the Sanskrit aesthetic of shweta and dhaval, the two words for white that hold warmth rather than brightness. Dhaval in Sanskrit names a brilliant, luminous white — specifically the pure white of the conch shell, of fresh milk, of the white swan — a warmth-tinged whiteness that is the ground for the ornament laid above it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative tea storage box suited to everyday counter use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with a multicolour ornamental pattern on a maroon ground and sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork is adapted to contemporary domestic storage forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe maroon ground of Arun draws from the colour vocabulary of Indian ceremonial and material tradition — the deep red of sindoor, of kumkum, of the evening sky at the last light, of the copper vessel used in daily ritual. This is a colour that in Indian domestic life has always been associated with purpose and presence: the object in this colour is not background but foreground, not neutral but declaring. Arun in Sanskrit names the reddish-gold of dawn — the colour of the sky at the moment just before sunrise, the warm dark red that is neither night nor day, the colour that announces what is coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative storage box suited to everyday counter use — for tea bags, spice packets, stationery, or small accessories. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with an antique rug-style ornamental pattern and sealed under resin; a small antique gold handle is fitted to the lid. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where artisans adapt the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork to contemporary domestic storage forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rug-style surface print on Asana draws from the long tradition of India's carpet and textile ornamental vocabulary — the dense, repeat-pattern field composition that characterises the great flatweave and pile carpet traditions of Persia, the Mughal court, and the regional Indian weaving centres of Agra and Jaipur. The antique quality of the print — aged tones, warm ground — places this box in a register of objects understood as carrying the weight of material tradition. Asana in Sanskrit names the seat or posture — in yoga the stable, grounded position; in temple sculpture the platform on which the deity rests. The square format and the considered rug-print surface give this tea box the same quality of stable, grounded composure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this wooden tea box suited to everyday counter use. The antique gold handle is a cast fitting; handle with care. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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Each box is individually cut and worked in wood, its surface printed with a multicolour ornamental pattern on a warm beige ground and sealed under resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where the vocabulary of India's painted woodwork is adapted to contemporary domestic storage forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe beige and multicolour palette of Aloka belongs to the warm neutral register of Indian decorative tradition — the natural base from which ornament emerges, the ground that carries pattern without competing with it. The ornament is present across the surface; the beige ground keeps it legible and calm. Aloka in Sanskrit names light — specifically the light of awareness, the brightness that makes things visible, the clarity of illumination. The warm neutral of the beige ground holds the ornament in the quality of clear, steady light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waterproof surface makes this decorative tea bag storage box suited to everyday counter use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. 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