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The BURO guide to Chinese New Year 2025 gifts and hampers

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15.01.2025

By Amanda Fung

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The BURO guide to Chinese New Year 2025 gifts and hampers

Looking to win over your elders or bring some prosperity to your friends? Our guide to the best Chinese New Year 2025 gifts and hampers is here to help. 

Another festive season has arrived and that means another gift guide is in order to help you make the best purchasing decisions this season. Gifting is seen as an exchange of blessings and happiness during the festive season, so why not load up on the prosperity points while you’re at it! We’ve got everything from Year of the Snake AirPods and special edition activewear to foodie hampers and bespoke gift boxes for you to peruse. What are you waiting for? Get browsing! 

Pssst! Be sure stay tuned for our guide to the best limited-edition beer, wine, and liquors for gifting a read for all your yam seng purposes!

 

KAMI X PROVISIONS’ TALES OF THE GARDEN

BURO Malaysia, Chinese New Year 2025 gifts and hampers

The Year of the Snake never looked so good. Celebrated design house Kami has teamed up with the pastry masters at Provisions to come up with their Chinese New Year 2025 gifts for the season: Tales of the Garden. Within the intricately designed boxes are three kinds of cookies—earl grey, pineapple jam, and parmesan thyme—for you and your giftees to enjoy over your reunions and visits. 

Price: RM138

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A.CROSS CREATIONS’ GILDED FORTUNES BOX

BURO Malaysia, Chinese New Year 2025 gifts and hampers

The gifting experts at A.Cross Creations have embraced the art of calligraphy and ink for its Chinese New Year 2025 gifts. Named Gilded Fortunes, the gift box includes gold ink, stone ink wells, and wooden natural-hair calligraphy brushes for your giftee to write their wishes for the new year. Also included in the box are a pair of ceramic teacups and a selection of premium Jasmine and Chrysanthemum tea leaves. 

Price: RM258

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APPLE SPECIAL EDITION AIRPODS 4

The Chinese New Year cheer has reached the tech world and Apple is joining in with its latest Special Edition AirPods 4. Featuring an adorable snake motif engraving on the case, these AirPods are the perfect addition to the tech lineup of anyone who was born in the Year of the Snake. They’re equipped with Active Noise Cancellation, Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness, and other cool features for your giftee to enjoy, alongside an improved fit for all-day comfort. 

Price: RM829

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THE MANDARIN ORIENTAL CAKE SHOP’S TANGY FORTUNE DELIGHT

The Mandarin Oriental Cake Shop is known for its intricate bakes that balance sweetness and elegance perfectly. Its series of Chinese New Year 2025 gifts are embracing the colours of the festive season with its cakes and pralines donned in hues of red and yellow. While its ever-popular gift sets are sold out, don’t miss out on the Tangy Fortune Delight cake, made with a passionfruit cheese mousse, passionfruit curd, pineapple compoute, almond sponge, and coconut streusel.

Price: RM188

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THE ST. REGIS KL’S THE HOUSE OF FORTUNE COLLECTION

BURO Malaysia, Chinese New Year 2025 gifts and hampers

The St. Regis KL’s Chinese New Year 2024 gifts collection will give your giftee a taste of opulence. Named ‘The House of Fortune’, the series includes a range of gift trunks and boxes that include all the festive goodies one would need for a luxe celebration. Headlining the series is the limited-edition Opulence Trunk. It includes four nian gao, two sets of the hotel’s signature gourmet sauces, two sets of traditional festive cookies, a box of seasonal bon bons, and three tins of Wu Yi Shan Da Hong Pao premium tea. There is also the option to add a bottle of The Macallan’s A Night on Earth to the box. On the other hand, you can go simple and elegant with the Chinese New Year Premium Tea Set Trunk. 

Price: From RM98 nett

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CASETIFY’S LUNAR NEW YEAR COLLECTION

Flaunt some festive flair on your devices with Casetify’s Lunar New Year collection. Perfect for gifting, these seasonal cases and charms are geared towards bringing some extra opulence to your celebrations. Accessories are available for a range of devices from iPhones and Apple Watches to Samsung Galaxy smartphones and Galaxy Buds, so you’ll be sure to find something for everyone in the family within this chic collection.

Price: From RM109

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TUMI 2025 LUNAR NEW YEAR COLLECTION

BURO Malaysia, Chinese New Year 2025 gifts and hampers

Tumi is paying tribute to the Year of the Snake with its 2025 Lunar New Year Collection, featuring the Alpha Bravo, Voyageur, and TUMI+ collections. Each piece is adorned with golden calligraphy brushstrokes to bring some elegance to your travels. There is something for everyone in the collection from the Halsey Backpack to the Zip-Around Case. 

Price: From RM420

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PUMA SS25 CHINESE NEW YEAR COLLECTION

Wearing new clothes on the first day of the new year is customary as it symbolises a fresh beginning. Let that fresh outfit be from Puma’s SS25 Chinese New Year collection inspired by the spirit of the classic 8-bit Snake Game, a nod to this year’s Chinese zodiac sign. Featuring pieces like a polo shirt and jumpsuit, the collection features pieces that will fit into your casual gatherings and more festive reunions.

Price: From RM139

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NESPRESSO’S CHINESE NEW YEAR COLLECTION

BURO Malaysia, Chinese New Year 2025 gifts and hampers

Give the gift of caffeine this Chinese New Year with Nespresso’s special edition boxes. Available for both Original and Vertuo machines, they are perfect for those who love making their cuppas at home. Both sets come with a limited edition mug set, a cappuccino kit including a cocoa shaker and stencil set, and red packets. While the Original LNY Gifting Box comes with Shanghai Lungo and Napoli capsules, the Vertuo LNY Gifting Box includes Ginseng Delight and Melozio Vertuo capsules. Alternatively, simply get your giftee a Discovery Pack in the appropriate capsule size. With this, they can sample a range of capsules—including the new Stormio Go Vertuo capsule—and find their new favourites.

Prices: RM186 (Original Lunar New Year Gifting Box) | RM210.50 (Vertuo Lunar New Year Gifting Box) | From RM239 (Discover Packs)

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LEX’S PATIO PANTRY’S CHINESE NEW YEAR HAMPERS

BURO Malaysia, Chinese New Year 2025 gifts and hampers

Bringing some homegrown goodness to your festivities are Lex’s Patio Pantry’s Chinese New Year 2025 hampers. Firstly, you can opt to build your own hampers in-store. With this choice, you’ll be able to fill each basket with your giftee’s favourite goodies. Otherwise, the grocer has prepared two pre-packed hampers for you to choose from—one for those who love to snack and another for those who love to cook. The snackers will love the Abundance hamper, inclusive of Breakfast by Amy’s peanut butter, Langit Collective’s heirloom rice crackers, and more. On the other hand, home cooks will appreciate the Prosperity hamper, complete with Lex’s extra virgin olive oil, Gusto’s ‘Not Another Sambal’, OylHaus’ kulim oil, and more. 

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VENCHI’S LUNAR NEW YEAR COLLECTION

BURO Malaysia, Chinese New Year 2025 gifts and hampers

Add some Italian sweetness to your celebrations with Venchi’s Lunar New Year collection. The series comprises gift boxes in a range of shapes and sizes to fit all your gifting prospects. Whether you’re treating the office or want to go big with your sweet tooth cousins at the reunion, you’ll find a set that will do the trick for your celebrations.

Price: From RM108

Visit Venchi’s stores at The Exchange TRX or Pavilion KL to purchase. 

 

ROYCE’S 2025 CHINESE NEW YEAR COLLECTION

BURO Malaysia, Chinese New Year 2025 gifts and hampers

If your loved ones lean toward Japanese chocolates, then Royce’s 2025 Chinese New Year collection is the way to go. Its offerings range from simple boxes of the iconic Nama chocolate to larger hampers that comprise all of the brand’s greatest hits. Our pick is the Fortune Assortment because go big or go home, right? It comes with seven different boxes of goodies, including a CNY Variety Pack and Royce’s signature Pure Chocolate. Those who also want to celebrate the Japanese New Year will love the Sweets Osechi two-tiered box, designed to resemble a traditional Japanese New Year bento meal. 

Price: From RM55

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