Mote Spoons
The mote spoon, invented sometime in the 17th century, was an ingenious device for its time, and an aid to the drinking of tea. With a long tapering handle fitted with a pierced or solid bowl at one end, and a pointed or barbed tip on the other, it could skim the loose tea leaves from the beverage’s surface by means of the bowl and remove the loose tea leaves or motes [...] Click here to continue reading.