The phrase "a tea canister" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a container specifically designed for storing tea.
Example: "I bought a beautiful ceramic tea canister to keep my loose leaf tea fresh."
Alternatives: "a tea container" or "a tea caddy."
This tea can be turned into a lovely gift if placed into a pretty tea canister you're happy to give away.
Pour the mix into an airtight tea canister until ready for use.
The police said at the time that Mr. Carollo had hit his wife in the head with a terra-cotta tea canister, which they later said was actually a cardboard box.
The 42-year-old Mrs. Carollo told officers that her husband had thrown a terra-cotta tea canister -- the police initially called it a teapot -- that struck her in the head, raising a knot.
The city's mayor, Joe Carollo, who became a fixture on the nightly national news after he sided against the government in the Elián case, spent Wednesday night in jail after being charged with hitting his wife in the head with a terra cotta tea canister.
Every time someone from OPW gets pepper-sprayed, has a tea gas canister shot in their head, or gets rousted by police directed by New York 's Mayor Michael Bloomberg ( a billionaire dilettante), thousands of others quietly move their money in protest.
Goodbye, supposedly retro but really pretty beat-up old tea canister.
Maybe you don't know a wonderful company that will donate tea canisters, tea, cups, or chips, but think about those you do know and pick up the phone.
Her elegant Rare Tea canisters were designed by a south London firm which told her her original designs were hopeless, and then did the job for a knockdown price - and lots of tea - in the hope they would be paid properly later.
