Tea Forte Petite Presentation Box Sampler

Tea Forte's pyramid infusers are the ones with the silk-like mesh tent and a tiny leaf on a stem that pokes out of the cup, and the Petite Presentation Box puts ten assorted blends in a windowed box that needs no wrapping. The teas inside are whole leaf, not dust, and the assortment covers black, green, herbal and white.

It is a safe gift for someone whose taste you do not know: the boss, a teacher, the colleague who is recovering at home, a friend in mourning who is being handed casseroles and needs something small for the afternoon. It reads as considered rather than generic.

Ten infusers, each good for one 12 ounce cup, with a leaflet naming each blend. It costs about three dollars a cup, which is the price of making an ordinary moment feel like someone thought of them.