Tea Runners

Tea Runners is a loose-leaf tea club built around variety. Each month's box holds four pouches, roughly 0.7 to 1.2 ounces of tea apiece, which the company says is enough for 30 to 50 cups in total. Every tea comes with tasting notes and steeping instructions, so you can brew each one properly even if it is a style you have never tried. You pick a track when you subscribe: an Original box that mixes styles, a Black Tea box, an Herbal box for caffeine-free drinkers, or a Pure Tea box. The Pure option costs a few dollars more than the other three. The club has picked up some notable press, including Food & Wine's 2023 Best for Black Tea and Best Overall Tea Subscription from The Food Network in 2022, and it has one of the larger review counts in its Cratejoy category. Order before the 25th and you get the current month's box, with renewals on the 1st. Shipping is free to the US and Canada. It is an easy gift for a tea drinker who already has a favorite and wants to branch out, or for someone who wants to move from bags to loose leaf without buying full-size tins of everything.