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Chubby Cat Tea Pet

Chubby Cat Tea Pet

$30.00
$30.00
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The Chubby Cat Tea Pet is a small Yixing clay figure shaped like a round, contented sitting cat, designed to sit on your tea tray and absorb tea over time. Pour leftover tea over it during each gongfu session, and the porous clay gradually changes colour, developing a smooth patina. Available in orange tabby and black — $30.

Cats in Chinese tea culture represent independence and contentment. They're one of the more popular tea pet shapes, partly because of the symbolism and partly because people just like having a small cat on their desk or tea tray. This one has a subtle expression — more "just had a good nap" than anything dramatic.

Product details

  • Material: Yixing purple clay (Jiangsu Province, China)
  • Size: 4.6cm high × 6.5cm wide
  • Weight: Approximately 90g
  • Colours: Orange tabby or black

Handmade, so slight variations in size and colour are normal.

This works well for

  • Cat lovers who also drink tea (a lot of our customers fall into this category)
  • A desk companion — it works on a tea tray or just sitting next to your cup
  • A small, thoughtful gift that's a bit different
  • Pairing with the Resting Cat if you want a cat collection going

Joanne's tip

The black one changes colour in a more subtle way than the orange — you'll notice the sheen before the colour shift. If you want to see faster visible change, the orange is a better pick. I feed mine with oolong and the amber tones that develop are worth the wait.

How to care for your tea pet

Pour leftover tea over it each session. Oolong and pu-erh show the fastest results. Let it air-dry after use. Don't use soap. Read our tea pet guide for the full breakdown, or browse the full tea pet collection.

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About A Moment of Tea

Visit Our Hobart Tea Bar: Find us at Salamanca Art Centre where we've been sharing tea culture since 2022.

Tea Experience: Joanne has spent over 10 years learning tea traditions - from Chinese gongfu brewing in Beijing to Japanese matcha ceremonies here in Hobart.

Local Recognition: Featured in The Mercury, ABC, SBS Chinese, and Tasmanian community publications for bringing authentic tea culture to our community.

Carefully Selected Teas & Teaware: We select Chinese, Japanese and Tasmanian teas, plus teaware that we personally use and enjoy.

Easy Returns: Something not quite right? Email us within 7 days and we'll make it right.

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Lovely tea and service

A Moment of Tea have been wonderfully helpful educating me on the finer points of tea, and are supplying me with a lovely Ripe Puerh tea which I adore. Highly recommended, A Moment of Tea is my go to for fine tea.

Daniel Aaron Dienes
"Sweet Stock" Ripe Pu-erh Brick 2021 Huang Pian
Beautiful and complex!

My absolute favourite tea—so beautiful, with such complex and rich flavours. For the second infusion, I’ve begun to cold brew it over night in the fridge and that brings out a lot of the more floral notes- i highly recommend, to make the most of this tea!!

arya beltaine
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Perfect

A truly lovely cup of tea

Bethy
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Perhaps Starter Pack.

A lovely selection of teas. I have enjoyed them.
Good to start with if you haven't tried Puerh teas before.
Thank you.

Kaye Mawhinney
Puerh Starter Pack

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Lisa A Brown
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Awesome

Love the tea❤️ 🫖

Allie Way
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Love the variety

Ooh ! I am excited to try a range of new teas from the variety of starter packs I ordered. A great way to try new teas before buying bigger tins. Love, love a moment of tea. Beautiful teas for all occasions.

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Each tea has been a revelation. Such inspiring company for work days. Thank-you.

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Andrew Jenner
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Good value quality chen pi

A good quality chen pi at a great price. Much better than the chen pi found in supermarkets.

Andy
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Enjoying this very much

I’m really enjoying this tea. Very smooth, an incredible tea to taste. Highly recommend. Will definitely repurchase and continue to try other teas you recommend. Thankyou

Julie Richards
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Beautiful Tea

This is seriously a lovely tea. Smooth flavour and no bitterness at all. I usually like milk with my tea but no problems without milk at all. Will definitely purchase again. Thanks

Julie Richards
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This is a really handy little flask. Just the right size and the temp gauge is a great addition so you know how hot the contents are . Not too big or small just right😄

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