How to Use this Innovative Pen to Literally Write with Tea

It was just October of last year when I introduced a neat new product on the blog and interviewed the designer. As a refresher, WinkPens is the refillable glass fountain pen that allows you to get creative with what liquid you want to use as an ink next. Even though it was originally created for wine, the innovative pen makes it possible for anyone to write with tea as well. This product brings a whole new meaning to the title “tea writer” now.

WinkPens was successfully funded with Kickstarter last summer and have been working towards getting their innovative product in the hands of their sponsors. Pre-orders went live again a few weeks ago and WinkPens is on schedule to ship out all first edition pens this April from the first production run ever.

Wink Pens Updates

The glass nibs are each individually handmade in the United States
The injection molding is based in Oregon where Wink Pens is able to work very closely and efficiently with the manufacturers
A new custom mold for the pen clip was created in order to fit the specific cap

Due to the longer lead times on some of these components, Wink Pens will only be released quarterly. If you’re interested in the pen and would like one of the first editions, this is the last chance to get one from the first production.

Order Your Wink Pen Here

How to Write with Tea as Ink

The pen works well with virtually any liquid that possesses a staining property. However, to write with tea there may be some that stand out more than others. Darker steeps that you can get from something like a black tea may be preferred but Wink Pens has also expressed that tisanes, usually fruity ones, are superb for a variety of colours to work with.

To see just how the Wink Pen works, here are some work in progress shots of Jessica Chan, WinkPens President, using Raspberry Zinger, Country Peach Passion and True Blueberry herbal teas from Celestial Seasonings to recreate The Cup of Life’s blog logo.

For each infusion, Jessica steeped two tea bags at a time for 5 minutes to reach the desired colour.

To fill the pen with the tea ink, Jessica fully submerged the end of the piston and twisted clockwise until full.

To begin to write with tea, Jessica reassembled the pen and slowly twisted the cap counter clockwise until the tea ink began to flow.