A glass or plastic refrigerator jar With plastic or glass or spout is helpful for storing the finished elixir. One start will produce enough fermented beverage each week for two people. Also, be ready with tea bags and white sugar. The cardboard pie boxes frorn Costco are handy for this. If it is to be shipped, it can be packed and shipped in such a box.
Winter is a safe time to mail.
By summer, the weather may be too hot to safely send the start through the mail. A bowl of room temperature tea can be waiting. Or the start can be kept up to a week in the refrigerator awaiting preparation of the tea. Visions cookware may be used directly on your burner or you can use Corning Ware casserole dishes with a metal rack on the burner.