Entertaining With Tea
Featuring tea as a theme for your parties and get-togethers adds a joyful, elegant, and whimsical personal touch to birthdays, holidays, and seasonal parties.
We will continue to inspire you to host tea parties using new recipes, themes, tea ware, and tea sets.
Summertime Patriotic Iced Tea Floats
Fourth of July is the perfect time to whip up a great summer treat….teatime style! With just a few patriotic red, white and blue ingredients and the right serving pieces, you’ll be making a cool, refreshing treat. Prepare to see miles and miles of smiles! Your family, friends and guests of all ages will love it when you make red, white and blue summer iced tea floats. Recipe makes six floats.
Ingredients:
Red: Six red popsicles, single stick (strawberry, cherry, or any flavor red popsicle will work) OR three red popsicles if using double (two stick) popsicles
White: Six scoops of vanilla ice cream
Blue: Six Butterfly Pea Flower tea bags (one blue tea bag for each float)
Water: 48 oz
Serving Pieces (optional): Old-fashioned Milkshake Glasses with Long Handle Spoons, Independence Day Paper Straws, Patriotic Napkins
Instructions for six servings:
1. Put six blue tea bags into 48 oz of hot water, steeping Butterfly Tea Flower teabags for 2-3 minutes, or until the tea is a bright blue color.
Remove tea bags and discard. Allow tea to completely cool, placing it in refrigerator to chill if desired. When tea is chilled, proceed to next step.
2. Place one scoop of vanilla ice cream into each of the six glasses.
3. Unwrap six narrow, one stick popsicles, such as Popsicle Red Classics, or break three popsicles in half if using two stick popsicles. You will need a total of six popsicles.
4. Insert popsicle into the ice cream, toward the side of class (stick side up).
5. Gently pour 8 oz of blue tea over the ice cream.
6. Insert long handle spoon as well as patriotic straw.
7. Serve with a napkin.
Enjoy! Happy Fourth of July!
Memorial Day and Mother's Day
For Memorial Day 2024, how about trying a fun red, white and blue tea to wow your friends and family? Prepare a red iced tea. Add blueberries, strawberries, large ice cubes, and voila! It's a party in a glass! For a quick patriotic tea, a Red, White and Blueberry iced tea is a great choice, adding to the fun of any celebration you plan.
For Mother's Day 2024, consider giving Mom a "tea party in basket". So easy and so much fun, have it delivered and then pop in for a visit. Set up your tea party for Mom and enjoy it together. If Mom lives out of town, have tea basket. sent to her and give her a call. You two can sip and spill the tea, while she enjoys the delicious tea and tea treats.
National ‘Have a Coke Day’
National ‘Have a Coke Day’ is celebrated on May 8th. Although it may be true that things go better with Coke, how about making yours a more “healthy” cola beverage, using tea as the base of a special drink that is actually quite reminiscent of cola? Having been a TikTok trend in recent years, there are many different recipes for a coke-like drink, but when you add some tea bags, you have a refreshing iced tea cola that you can serve for any occasion.
Check out links to some online recipes for Tea Cola in our Resource Center. Here is our favorite Tea Cola recipe (caffeine-free).
Tea Cola
4 Organic Rooibos Chai Tea bags (Numi)
1/4 cup boiling water
1 tsp balsamic vinegar
¼ tsp non-alcoholic Almond Flavoring
1 packet SweetLeaf organic stevia sweetener
1 can LeCroix Lemon Sparking Water (cold)
1 small pinch ground cloves
Ice cubes
Tall glass and straw
Directions:
Place 4 tea bags into a mug and add ¼ cup boiling water. Let tea sit to steep and cool while you prepare other ingredients.
In a tall glass, add 1 tsp balsamic vinegar, ¼ tsp almond extract. Stir in entire stevia packet.
Remove tea bags, and pour the strong chai tea into glass. Add small pinch of ground cloves. Give another stir. Add Lemon LeCroix sparkling water a little at a time so that it doesn’t bubble up too quickly. Place straw in glass,, give one swirl and add ice.
Sit back and enjoy your refreshing tea cola…..ahhhh!
It’s Cinco de Mayo!
May 5th is always time to party. This year, how about a fiesta….teatime style! Enjoy a get-together for this fun holiday as an afternoon tea party. Think traditional Cinco de Mayo favorites, but with an iced tea twist, riffing on classic beverages by serving a margarita tea “mocktail”, sangria tea, or even pina colada tea. Pair with fun nibbles inspired by the delicious flavors of Mexico and you have yourself the makings of a one-of-a-kind Cinco de Mayo tea party. OLE!
Tea-tastico Pairings:
- Margarita tea and nachos: Enjoy a classic combination of a refreshing “mocktail” margarita made from a tea bag mix, served with loaded “sheet pan” nachos (made with Siete grain free tortilla chips). This is a sure hit for your friends and family and prep is fun and easy. Deliciosa!
- Sangria tea and carne asada: Pairing the robust full-flavor of a pitcher sangria tea (sliced fruit and all), with a rich protein choice is perfecto! The acidity of the fruity sangria iced tea stands up to this traditional meat, especially when you prepare carne asada tacos. Carne asada tacos are a delicious finger food to enjoy for Cinco de Mayo!
- Pina Colada tea “mocktail” with spicy sliced fruit and vegetable: If you’re looking for a light, fresh and tasty afternoon tea nibble, look no further than this delicious combo. Pina colada tea (made from pina colada flavored tea bags) served with sliced mango and jicama sticks sprinkled with spicy Tajin Classico Seasoning. Savor the cool, sweet tea with this spicy, sweet/salty juicy/crunchy mango and jicama snack, served on a festive platter.
Enjoy! Feliz Cinco de Mayo!
Giving center stage to refreshing tea recipes, delicious teatime treats, special tea party theme inspirations, and more are delightfully described in detail.
You can simply follow the themes and recipes or add your own special flair, whether using your current collection or adding new items for the perfect place setting and decorating designs.
Your entertaining with tea options are endless, and each one is filled with delicious flavors to savor that highlight your own special style and creativity for all occasions.
