MADhatter Tea Party

So I am thinking of throwing a tea party. But you know, I am a dude and that’s just not as socially acceptable for me to do as it is for women. Life is unfair sometimes right? Wrong – if you don’t like something then change it. So, to hell with social conventions, if I want to throw a tea party for my friends that’s exactly what I am going to do. But to “man it up” a little I want it to have a theme, I’m pretty set on the whole Mad Hatter thing to be honest.

Obviously I will be the Mad Hatter seeing as I am the host. I’m going to steer clear of the Johnny Depp look from the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland film and go more for Disney Animation style. But proper mad.

So what do I need to prepare for my party:
Invites – Facebook will do (ah the joy of lazy social media)
Costume – I have a pretty cool green top hat already, I just need to scour some charity shops for the rest.

Food – I am going to ask each of my guests to bring an Alice in Wonderland inspired dish, this could be anything from Eat Me Cupcakes to Queen of Hearts Jam Tarts. But basically I will provide some “finger sandwiches” and my guests can deal with the rest because I will be focusing on the most important thing…
Tea! – Obviously I will serve loose tea only while showing off my fancy collection of Chinese teaware like my Yixings. If I ask my guests to tell me what foods they are bringing I can try to match this to which teas I will serve. Obviously my head is spinning with all the Oolongs I can introduce my friends to but I am actually most excited about Pu Erh. This is a post fermented tea that a lot people turn their noses up at because if I’m honest it does smell a bit weird. But seeing as this is MADhatters Tea Party normalcy shall not apply and my guests will try my aged tea and they will like it…

Well we shall see. I should stop blabbering on here and get my invites prepared. I think I will use the original illustrations for the Facebook event! Exciting!

Peace out,
Gary the Tea Freak x