Tea Time

I have had lots of fun to this point talking about the books we have been reading and that is great, but this is also a tea (coffee as well) reading room. We can't have a tea reading room if we never talk about tea. I love tea, mainly because it can be drunk a number of ways. There are also these things called tea parties.

Most little girls love tea parties, I know I did. Little china set that held a thimble sized amount of liquid. Granted most of these tea parties occur with stuffed animals and dolls so therefore everything was in pretend mode. But when you had another person, it was fun to have real tea, sugar, and milk. Yummy.

Fast forward into adulthood and tea parties become something else altogether. They do when I throw one. For one, I tend to want some tradition in my parties. Thank god for trusty Google where it knows almost everything. People input this stuff, so it's never going to be 100% accurate. With that being said, there are actually different kinds of tea. The most common at the pretend tea parties are actually High Tea.

Off on the internet super highway and one can find places that serve high tea and lo and behold, menus. Those are awesome. Cause what does one serve at high tea? Why dainty little yummies. Cucumber sandwiches, scones, mini desserts. This means, lots of finger food so lots of selections. After stealing ideas from menus and others that post on the internet, one can create their own high tea menu. 

This is a lovely little menu I made for a tea party I orchestrated (meaning I demanded they play dress-up and come party). As stated in my about page, I have a lot of tea and I love adding to the collection. I made several of the listed menu items, finding simple recipes online. Those mini quiche were yummy.

Having a tea pot with cups and saucers to streamline the feel of this being a lovely day at a tea room with your girlfriends sitting at a lovely table looking out of a giant window at the people passing you by. Back to reality, as I was saying before I transported myself into that seat which in my mind is really comfortable, a tea kettle is really important in heating up the water. Plus, it whistles at you. (No I don't have issues. I'm quite content talking to myself.)

Some cream, sugar, honey, and jam work well sweetening tea. With so many types of tea out on the market, there is something for everyone. I love jasmine green tea along with fruit teas. Everyone has their own taste and having several to choose from is awesome.

Now this is the most important part, have over your besties. I mean yes you could have stuffed animals and dolls around the table, but they can't talk back. You want to converse with these friends and have fun. This might be high tea, but that doesn't mean you can't have some fun.

Personally, my girlfriends and off onto some random ass topics. Hello, if we haven't read the posts regarding tentacle porn, you should to understand the level of fun one can have a these parties. Go on and read them, I'll wait.

This is some yummy tea and the chocolate hazelnut piroulines la di da.

All right, now that you get an idea of the crazy level. Go have a tea party, dress up, and let loose. Alcohol isn't even needed. Just some good old fashioned fun.

For a party of one, do everything listed above, but instead of having friends over, curl up in a comfortable place and grab that book you've been eyeing. Go on, it's fun.