Five Premium Mid-Autumn Gift Boxes — A Fragrant Tea Affair with Luxurious Texture

Text by the MOOK Scenic Spots Editorial Team

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a rare time for family and friends to reunite under the full moon. Be sure to bring along an exquisite and jaw-dropping mooncake gift box. With innovative flavors and creative packaging designs, MOOK Scenic Spots has handpicked five top-quality Mid-Autumn mooncakes and gift boxes, introduced as follows.

[Taipei Marriott Hotel]

The Taipei Marriott Hotel has specially teamed up with the Taipei Sheraton Hotel, which has consistently received high praise in Taiwan’s annual mooncake evaluations, to launch an ultimate mooncake gift box. Four ultimate-flavor mooncakes have been developed by Chef Hong Canglang, the dim sum head chef of Sheraton’s Yi Yuan Chinese Restaurant — the ever-popular classic XO Sauce Double-Yolk Mooncake, the sweet and pleasant White Lotus Paste Double-Yolk Mooncake, the richly aromatic Cognac Longan Single-Yolk Mooncake, and the ingeniously blended Tea & Fruit Pear & Earl Grey Single-Yolk Mooncake. Paired with premium tea bags and presented in an ultra-luxurious wooden box, the gift set also comes with a tote bag illustrated with the famous 1870 painting “Soft Contrast” by French master Alexis Kreyder — featuring blooming peonies, roses, and irises adorning a traditional Chinese blue vase and silverware, delivering an exquisitely noble and luxurious visual experience. It's undoubtedly an excellent gifting choice.

[COVA]

Milan’s century-old pastry institution COVA defines its own refined and fashionable charm in a unique way, crafting the ‘Moon Harvest Gold Brick Mooncake Gift Box’ with its signature classic elegance and distinctive ambiance.

Adhering to Italian culinary traditions and using only high-quality ingredients, COVA has developed a one-of-a-kind Mid-Autumn gift box through the expertise of its master bakers. Packed with carefully crafted mooncakes made from premium ingredients, it blends both Eastern and Western flavors — featuring must-have classic Chinese tastes for the festival such as custard and lotus seed red bean paste, offering rich textures and layered aromatic experiences that delight the palate, perfectly paired with their signature intense Janduia Gold Brick Chocolate. In terms of packaging, COVA goes above and beyond — each mooncake, as round as the moon itself, is cradled in a low-key yet luxurious box, resembling a uniquely designed, artisan-crafted piece of art, fully embodying COVA’s distinctive brand spirit. Whether for gifting or personal indulgence, it’s perfect and adds the most romantic sweetness to the 2016 Mid-Autumn Festival.

[TWG Tea]

The world-renowned luxury tea brand TWG Tea has launched the TWG Tea Festive Night Aromatic Tea Mooncake Gift Box. Featuring a selection of Haute Couture’s top-tier customized series — Jasmine Monkey King Tea and Singapore Breakfast Tea — paired with 2016’s newly launched snow skin mooncakes and traditional mooncakes. Both exclusive tea blends are the perfect match for TWG Tea’s Snow Skin Mooncakes and Traditional Mooncakes, interpreting modern tea fashion that fuses Eastern and Western elements.