Hi Jenn! Thanks for reading the post and engaging. Lovely to “meet” other tea lovers in this space. I tend to pack a few folded paper towels AND wrap some of my tea pieces in cloth napkins. I either use some of my cloth napkins that are a little too worn to put on my table or I use regular ones. When I’ve finished my tea session, I empty out as much water/tea as I can, give the teaware a wipe with the paper towel, then wrap it back in the cloth napkins. RE tea leaves–Sadly, I can’t compost where I live. I do occasionally spread some tea leaves around my plants–but that can’t be done regularly. I have had good luck either appropriately throwing out my tea leaves wherever I’ve travelled. Or, I have a tea traveling case that allows me to put my teapot in upright. When I want to bring the leaves somewhere else or can’t dispose of them where I am, I pour off as much residual tea as I can, wrap the teapot in the cloth napkin, and put it upright in the tea traveling case. You could easily change that to bringing a silicon reusable bag or other receptacle to put your wet leaves into for transportation.

My pleasure, Yomaira! I think starting with tea on the deck sounds wonderful! It definitely amps the convenience angle up a lot. Another thing folks could do to make tea walks even easier is to make tea at home, pour it into a thermos, and go. I have done that occasionally! I especially like this with thermos’ that have a ceramic interior.