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We can't get enough of animal-themed food gear. Whether it be cat-shaped fried egg molds, or fortune cookies filled with candy kittens, gastro-pet goodies are all the rage. In fact, the market is so over saturated, there's something for literally everyone. Take this goldfish-shaped tea bag for example—it's perfect for the tea-loving marine biologist in any family.
Created by the Taipei-based company Charm Villa, these loose-leaf tea bags are seriously onto something: Now you can have a pet goldfish without any of the mess that comes with an actual fish. Replace those stinky tanks with fragrant mugs of tea, and never worry about flushing your floppy friends down the toilet again.
The bags—which were perfected several years ago by students at St. Johns University in Taipei—are made of a fibrous Japanese fabric and filled with four varieties of Taiwanese tea (rose oolong, ruby black, jin yuan, and Oriental beauty). When submerged in water, the bags swell up into a nice, plump little fish.
Unfortunately there's a bit of a catch (pun intended): Besides the possibility that you might think there's a dead fish in your drink, a box of just twelve tea bags (available on Amazon) clocks in at $80—a lot more than something you'd find at a pet store. And that high price tag is pretty hard to justify when there are so many other cute food stocking stuffers out there. Like all of these taco-themed goodies.
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