Create Beautiful Custom Labels for Your Tea and Coffee Boxes

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2025-12-06 2025-12-06 853 words 4 minutes

Discover how I created an artisanal and elegant labeling system for my tea and coffee boxes, using a customizable stamp and magnetic label holders from Palais des Thés. A practical and aesthetic solution to organize your collection while maintaining a refined typographic touch.

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Passionate about tea and coffee, I have always looked for an elegant solution to label my many boxes. Between the different origins, homemade blends and varieties that I accumulate over time, I needed a system that was both practical, aesthetic and consistent. The idea was to create labels that all have the same visual style, with beautiful typography, while maintaining a handcrafted and personalized spirit. After some research, I found the perfect combination: a customizable stamp and magnetic label holders.

The necessary materials

To create this labeling system, I invested in two essential elements:

Magnetic label holders from Palais des Thés

I discovered these magnetic label holders on the Palais des Thés website. These holders are perfect because:

They are magnetic and easily attach to metal boxes
They have a standardized format that provides beautiful visual consistency
The quality is excellent and they are infinitely reusable
You can easily slide in and remove the paper label

Tip

If you run out of blank labels, you can request them directly at a Palais des Thés store. They are generally very accommodating and can provide them to you for free.

The customizable ink stamp

Customizable ink stamp with interchangeable letters — The customizable ink stamp allowing you to compose your own texts

The key element of this system is a customizable ink stamp affiliate linkthat I found on Amazon. This stamp allows you to compose your own texts letter by letter, which offers total flexibility while maintaining uniform typography.

The advantages of this stamp:

Perfectly adapted size: the text lines of the stamp correspond exactly to the dimensions of Palais des Thés labels
Elegant typography: the letters give a professional and refined result

Warning

I tried in the past to use individual letter stamps (where each letter is a separate stamp), but the result was not satisfactory. The letters were too large for the labels, and it was very difficult to obtain straight and regular alignment. I therefore do not recommend this type of stamp for this project.

The label creation process

Here is how I proceed to create a new label, step by step:

1. Place the letters on the stamp

The first step consists of composing the text by placing the letters one by one on the stamp holder. It’s a bit like playing with movable printing letters!

Placing letters on the customizable ink stamp — Arrangement of letters to compose the name of the tea or coffee

You need to pay attention to:

Spacing between letters for a harmonious result
Alignment so that the text is straight
Letter order (we don’t want to make mistakes!)

Warning

Important: Don’t forget that you must compose your text backwards (mirrored) on the stamp!

Tip

I use a 6-line stamp and skip lines so that my prints match perfectly with the pre-printed lines on the Palais des Thés labels. This ensures perfect alignment and a very professional result.

2. Install the ink refill

Once the letters are in place, I install or check the ink refill in the stamp. This step is important to ensure clean and uniform stamping.

Installation of the ink refill in the stamp — Placing the ink cartridge in the stamp mechanism

The refill system is very simple: just slide the ink cartridge under the letters. The ink automatically transfers onto the characters.

3. Do a test

Before stamping the final label, I always do a test on scrap paper. This allows me to check:

That there are no errors in the letter placement
That the inking is uniform
That the pressure is correct

Test of the stamp on scrap paper — Checking the result before stamping the final label

This step has saved me from ruining labels several times!

4. Stamp the final label

Once satisfied with the test, I stamp the blank label from Palais des Thés. A firm but not too heavy motion is needed to obtain a clean result.

Stamping the final label — Applying the stamp to the blank label

The result is always very satisfying: beautiful clean typography with a very pleasant artisanal look.

5. The final result

Here is the final rendering of a completed label, ready to be slipped into its magnetic label holder:

Final result of a custom label — Completed label with elegant and consistent typography

My labeled tea boxes

Once all my boxes were equipped with their custom labels, the result is really visually pleasing. Here are some examples from my collection:

Collection of tea boxes with custom labels — Some of my tea boxes with their unified labeling system

The major advantage of this system is the standardization of all my labels. Regardless of the tea or coffee, regardless of the size of the box, all my labels have the same style, the same typography, the same visual quality. This creates a real aesthetic consistency in my storage.

Success

This system allowed me to truly organize my collection of teas and coffees while creating something visually pleasing. It’s a perfect example of a solution that combines practicality and aesthetics.

Conclusion

If you’re a tea or coffee enthusiast and you’re looking for a labeling solution that stands out from the ordinary, I really recommend trying this system. The small initial investment is quickly paid back by the pleasure of use and the quality of the result.

Feel free to share your own labeling experiences or organizational tips in the comments!