• Outdoor tea setting with a book, tea, pastry, tea pet and tea flask on the grass with a seagull in the background.
  • Tea flask cup, tea pet on a woven mat outdoors.
  • Tea pet with two glass teapots with tea leaves on a wooden table, with people in the background.
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Little Mouse Tea Pet

Little Mouse Tea Pet

$45.00
$45.00
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The Little Mouse Tea Pet is a Duanni clay figure shaped as a rounded little mouse with a gentle, storybook-like character. It's a tea companion you place on your tea tray and "feed" with leftover tea during each gongfu session. Over time, the porous clay absorbs the tea and deepens in colour, developing a smooth patina. At 7cm tall and 126g, it's more substantial than our smaller tea pets.

Mouse tea pets in Chinese culture represent cleverness and abundance. This one works both as a functional tea companion and as a display piece for anyone who likes characterful teaware — it has a soft, familiar charm without feeling too decorative.

Product details

  • Material: Duanni clay from Yixing (Jiangsu Province, China)
  • Size: 7cm high × 5.1cm wide × 5cm long
  • Weight: Approximately 126g
  • Colour: Natural sandy brown (Duanni has a lighter starting colour than standard purple clay)

Handmade — slight variations are normal.

This works well for

  • Tea drinkers who like characterful teaware
  • A gift for someone who'd appreciate a small, storybook-like clay figure
  • People who prefer a more substantial tea pet (126g, feels solid)
  • Display on a desk or shelf, even without a tea tray

Joanne's tip

The Duanni clay starts lighter than our other tea pets, so the colour journey is more visible — you go from sandy brown toward deeper amber. Feed it with Dong Ding oolong if you want a warm golden tone, or pu-erh for something richer and darker. This one gets the most "oh, what is that little mouse?" reactions at the shop.

How to care for your tea pet

Pour leftover tea over it each session. Let it air-dry on the tray afterwards. Don't use soap — the unglazed clay absorbs whatever you put on it. Read our tea pet guide for feeding tips and colour development advice, 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.

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Enjoying this very much

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I had an issue with one of the teas I purchased and I emailed A Moment of Tea about it. That morning I received a email back from Zachary profusely apologising about the mishap. In the email Zachary thanked me for the email because they actually found an issue in the OS supplier and worked towards a solution with them that day.
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