Spooky Halloween Tea Party Tips
Spooky Halloween Tea Party Tips
Have you ever entertained the idea of a Halloween tea party? If you’re looking for a creative way to celebrate Halloween this year, we at Tin Roof Teas are ready to give you some spooky inspiration! There’s no better way to get into the spirit of Halloween than by celebrating with tea and friends. Enjoy a witches’ brew among company, or cook up a batch of terrifyingly tasty treats! Tea is always the perfect excuse for a get-together.
Ghostly Goodies
When it comes to preparing treats to be served along with your tea, a cookie dough sheet can provide a template for all sorts of ghastly shapes. Gingerbread or sugar cookie ‘ghosts’ are a good option because they can share the same template and use mostly white frosting. If you’re finding it difficult to cut the dough into ghost shapes, or are having trouble finding a ghost-shaped cookie cutter, try Jack-O-Lantern cookies instead. Simply use a mason jar lid to cut the dough into circles, bake, and decorate with orange frosting and sprinkles.
Choosing the right tea for a Halloween Party seems simple enough, but there are a lot of options out there! We recommend including a basic black for any tea traditionalists at the party. Great options include a spicy Ceylon Kenilworth tea blend—with just the right amount of spiciness to combat the cold of an autumn night—or a malty Assam Marangi. Once you’ve got that covered, bring on the pumpkin! Pumpkin-flavored goodies are in the spirit of the season, and Tin Roof Teas has some of the best available (they’re flavored with real pumpkin!) Treat your guests to a delicious Pumpkin Jack brew, or try the rich, creamy Pumpkin Pie fruit tea. Fun autumn flavors like Apple Spiced Chai and Maple Walnut are also great options.
Spooky Scenery
Setting the mood of any Halloween party comes down to the decorations and accessories, and that extends to tea parties too! Since tea parties typically require a few tea pots to house the different kinds of teas being served, feel free to play around with thematic serving ware. While tea pots with Halloween motifs do exist, it’s more economical to invest in something you can use year round. Bee House makes classic tea pots in stark, solid colors. Against a black tablecloth, orange, black, or red teapots can create striking contrast and really bring together the ‘Halloween’ mood.
Enhance the Halloween aesthetic by fixing faux cobwebs along the chairs or by setting the table with painted gourds. You can also make easy ghost decorations by wrapping a cotton ball in tissue and tying it off with a bit of string. Tie the scene together with additional seasonal props and costumes, and you’re ready to party!
Seasonal tea parties can be a lot of fun, and Halloween is a great opportunity to introduce a spooky twist to your regular tea party gatherings. But if the prospect of hosting a tea party for Halloween leaves you scratching your head, then perhaps look to the writings of Lewis Carroll. After all, in Alice’s world, a tea party isn’t a tea party without a little madness.