{"product_id":"hard-week-thinking-of-you","title":"For a Hard Week: Thinking of You Gift Set","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA thinking-of-you gift: a rose quartz sphere, a tea and rose tin candle, green tea with mint and rose, and a tea infuser\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlowers need a vase and a free afternoon; this small parcel needs neither. A tea and rose candle is for the evening, a green tea with mint for the morning. The rose quartz sphere fits a coat pocket, to be found there again on Thursday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA small ritual\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the evening, trim the wick and light the candle for as long as it takes to do nothing much. Put it out before you leave the room.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the morning, before the messages, put a teaspoon of tea in the infuser. Steep it for three minutes in water that has cooled a little, to about 80 °C.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep the sphere on its stand by the kettle, or carry it in a coat pocket, where a hand will find it on an ordinary afternoon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA rose quartz sphere from India, 40 mm across, on a low round stand; the pale veils inside differ from stone to stone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA soy wax candle in a printed tin, 6.5 cm across, tea and English rose with jasmine and citrus, about 23 hours; the floral print on the tin varies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e50 g of loose gunpowder green tea from China with mint, rose petals and mallow, in a kraft pouch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA stainless steel mesh tea infuser on a short chain, with a small piece of raw rose quartz that hangs outside the cup.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces arrive together in one parcel. They are not gift-wrapped, and we cannot add a card: send your own note separately, a day ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRose quartz owes its pink to microscopic fibres of a second mineral, related to dumortierite, inside the quartz. Julia Goreva, Chi Ma and George Rossman of Caltech described them in American Mineralogist in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SHAMTAM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67595389829434,"sku":"SHB-26INT-01","price":43.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0756\/8307\/0266\/files\/bundle-friend-for-a-hard-week-square.jpg?v=1790658761","url":"https:\/\/shamtam.com\/products\/hard-week-thinking-of-you","provider":"SHAMTAM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}