Secret Santa Ideas: A Personalised Tea Tin They’ll Keep
Scene: Office, 10 December, 4:52pm
You draw Sam from the hat. Budget: £20. Panic brewing. Then you remember Sam always moans about “mystery hotel tea”. You build a personalised tea tin—flat, cute, and actually useful.
Gift base: STEPOY slim metal tin, 3.94 × 3.94 × 0.39 in (inner 3.74 × 3.74 × 0.35 in), comfy for 3–5 wrapped sachets.
The Gift Recipe (3 steps)
1) Personalise the lid (1–2 minutes)
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Name or initials (e.g., SAM / S. Morgan)
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Tiny icon: ⭐️ (festive), ✈️ (traveller), 🌿 (herbal), 🐾 (pet person)
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Colour cue: bright for easy spotting in dark bags
2) Load the blend (choose one set, 3–5 bags)
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Desk Survival: 2 × breakfast · 1 × green · 1 × peppermint (+1 × decaf)
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Sleep-Friendly: 1 × decaf · 2 × herbal · 1 × ginger · (+1 × rooibos)
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Frequent Flyer: 2 × sturdy black · 1 × green · 1 × chamomile
3) Add a note
“Open when a meeting should’ve been an email.”
“Today’s brew > office coffee.”
“Red-eyes deserve decent tea.”
Four Lid Styles that Always Land
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Minimal Monogram — Serif initials centre; tiny “Travel Tea” below.
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Colour Pop Sans — Cobalt lid; all-caps first name; crisp and bold.
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Soft Script — Sage lid; Amelia’s Tea; gentle and giftable.
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Tiny Logo Badge — Top-left 0.6–0.8 in badge; lots of white space = luxe.
Keep margins ~0.2 in; icons ≤ 0.5 in high. Small canvas, clean type.
Why they’ll actually use it
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Slim (~0.4 in) → fits handbags, laptop sleeves, seat-back pockets
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Crumb-proof → no tea dust in the lining
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Odour block → keeps sachets away from gum/perfume smells
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Personal → names stop “mysterious migration” in shared kitchens
Wrap in 60 Seconds (No-Box Hack)
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Kraft bag + red twine + mini tag
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Stick a star on the lid; slide in a brew-time card
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Hand over with a chocolate coin; done and festive
Gift-Finder Cheatsheet
| Recipient | Lid idea | Blend to pack |
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| New starter | Colour Pop Sans | 2 × breakfast · 1 × green · 1 × peppermint |
| Traveller | Tiny Logo Badge + ✈️ | 2 × strong black · 1 × chamomile · 1 × green |
| Teacher | Soft Script | 1 × breakfast · 1 × rooibos · 2 × peppermint |
| Night shift | Star + “After 8” | 1 × decaf · 2 × herbal · 1 × ginger |
Care (one line)
Wipe clean, air open overnight after herbals; only refill when fully dry.
Ready to stuff the stocking?
Design a STEPOY personalised tea lover gift box they’ll carry every day—small price, big daily use.
