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I could do kits through Etsy, but I have to warn you, it wouldn't be cheap. Probably US$60 plus shipping, and that would be using bags instead of glass jars for the ingredients.

Here's my ingredient substitution list, if anyone is interested. I was leaning toward ingredients I like in tea, rather than trying to match the visual characteristics of the original ingredients. Some of the original ingredients are available as medicinal herbs, sometimes with cautions about use. Others, like Birds Nest Fungi, aren't used in tea as far as I can tell, and are non-toxic, but I thought it would be more interesting to substitute something tasty. The labels on the bottles have the ingredient name in quotes if it's a substitution, and I wrote the actual ingredient name on the bottom of each bottle.

Other ingredients that I considered, but didn't use in this set included granulated honey, cornflower petals, cardamom pods (often used in chai masala), lemon balm, vanilla bean, cloves, and fennel seed. I could also have included more different kinds of tea (unflavored leaves from Camellia sinensis), e.g. oolong, Darjeeling, white tea, etc. Some ingredients are usually combined with other ingredients, e.g. several spices with black tea to make chai masala, rather than being served alone, but I think all of these ingredients could work alone as a drinkable tea.

If she shares any pix with me, I’ll post here (with her permission). I make decorated bottles and jars already. I’ll take a picture of the next one I make with a “Spirit Library” style description. :)

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Here’s the completed game kit. My niece loved it! 

Here’s the completed kit. It was very well received! My local herb shop might be interested in selling these kits with the game, or just reselling the printed game. Do you have a resale policy? 

I exported and edited the game. Let me know if you'd like me to share the booklet format file.

Hi, I'd like to print a copy of this game in booklet form on parchment colored paper as part of a gift. Would it be possible to get a version of the PDF without the background color? Thanks!

I am preparing a holiday gift kit for my nibling centered around this game. It will include a printed and hand-bound copy of the game, a small Yixing teapot, several different teacups in different styles (some mended with kintsugi), and an assortment of different tea ingredients (black, green, and oolong teas, peppermint, rosehips, ginger, etc.), and a nice journal and pen. I plan to provide suggestions for substituting the real-world ingredients for the ones in the game, and maybe suggestions about selection of the right teacups. My nibling already shares my love of tea and I think this will be a hit! I'll send a photo once I have the kit assembled and I'll let you know what they think of it after the holiday.

Lovely concept. I'm thinking of making a gift package of this game with a set of interesting empty jars and bottles, a collection of solar powered fairy light lids and stoppers, and miscellaneous bits and bobs (e.g. beads, small silk flowers, buttons, charms, found objects). The player would be able to create jars to represent some of the spirits they are cataloguing, and line them up on a windowsill. At night they will glow for a few hours. I would include a printed version and a journal with an interesting (possibly hand-made) cover. I have a niece in mind for this gift. I could write up more extensive directions on how to make a kit and how it would relate to the game rules if there is interest.