Afternoon Tea

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Our parish is raising funds for our new Catholic church. There have been lots of various activities and social events over the past two years, all of which have financially supported the building fund. But there is more to be done.

One such social event is an Afternoon Tea. And we had one just this weekend! The last time our parish had one was four years ago.


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Full Tea: Savory Foods + Scones + Sweets + Tea
Also known as afternoon tea or low tea, full tea adds savory finger foods to the scones, sweets, and tea served at light tea. It is one of the most common types of afternoon tea service at hotels, restaurants, and bakeries. 1

I was tasked with helping put together the Afternoon Tea. In particular, I am to host 8 or 9 ladies who would come for tea.

That would mean providing the tableware for 9 settings.

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Hauling my stuff from home to the parish center (and back) can be difficult because the tableware requirements of Afternoon Tea for 9 settings can be extensive, LOL.


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Table runner, charger plates, dessert plates, tea up, saucers, small tulip stemware, demitasse teaspoons, small knives, dessert forks, teapots, sugar containers, sugar tongs, 3 tier plates, vases, roses...


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As scheduled, I set up my assigned table the afternoon before the actual date of the event. It meant leaving my office early enough that day.

I was assigned the first table in front of the room. It took me two hours to unpack the tableware arrangements and then set the tea table just right.


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And then the next day came...

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As an English tradition, several etiquette rules may feel foreign to some. These include:

  • asking for “some tea” and not “a tea,”
  • stirring your tea gently up and down rather than in a circular motion, and
  • enjoying the three-tiered assortment of treats from the bottom up. 1

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The menu includes the usual tea sandwiches, scones, fresh fruits, and dessert. We had an ample teabag sachet assortment of hand-blended, custom-crafted, fine organic teas and botanicals with good, steeping hot water all throughout the event.


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I treated everyone at our table to mimosas. The ladies just love the mimosas!

There was lots of conversation going on, and laughter, especially during the raffle.

It was a crowd! There were nineteen tables; all seats were taken. 152 people came for tea.

The ladies enjoyed themselves and had fun!

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The clean up was less fun.
Thank goodness for dishwashers!

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I received a "Thank You" note, the day after.

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Ahh... so gracious of them.
I would do it for the parish at any time.



P.S.

My table was a special mention in the event.
It was the best-dressed table!



Reference
1https://everydaywanderer.com/what-is-afternoon-tea

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A tea party huh...
Sounds fancy😂😂😂

This custom seems so foreign to me.
In my country, we would never have traveled in the afternoon.
Tea is a breakfast food😂😂😂

Anyways it seems you had fun😂😂
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It is an English tradition that has been adopted worldwide. You should try it!
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Orange Pekoe for me thank you.
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One of these days, we will have our tea, sis!
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What a wonderful way to help your parish. !BBH

I had fun, but it was certainly not easy, @kunschj .
Fund raising is not all fun, !LOL
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Looks like pictures from a magazine, you really got your cook game on lock 🤣 !BBH !LOL

It's easier when I have tea with friends at home 😀!
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I wish I could get an invitation like that for tea, everything looked so elegant and colorful, I'm sure all the ladies had a great time.

When you come to the US, I shall make tea for you!
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I don’t expect the Afternoon Tea to be so elegant. Reminds me of Bridgetown ladies having such a regal look on such an event. Really nice to see such an initiative. Hope the parish was able to get the funding needed. ✨

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The ladies want a repeat of the tea, !LOL
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😂😂😂 haha so cute

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That looks wonderful, I bet you had a great time! You ladies put in some great work in putting that together, great job!
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Yes, we had great fun! The ladies want a repeat of it!
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Wow..... @silversaver888 what a very large endeavor, 152 people you really had your work cut out for you and it looks awesome!!!👍😀
I had been wondering about your new church building....
I remember you talked about it over a year ago, it must be progressing well! Hopefully this added to the building fund! I remember as a kid when our Perish was looking to build a new church, the goal was to have it paid for completely, before we broke ground!

We broke ground during Mother's Day. The archbishop came, and all were excited! We expect the church to be ready next year... crossing our fingers!!!
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That sounds excellent @silversaver888!🤗
Back at the parish in Cincinnati as a kid, when money was available they started building. The only thing they lacked moneywise was the money for the bells of the Church, so they added them one at a time after funds were raised!😊

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Although a lot of work, that sounds like so much fun! I've been to one tea previously, but it was not nearly as detailed as the one your church had. It would be nice to do it again sometime. Maybe I should suggest it to our church as we too, are raising money to build a new church!

Thank you for sharing your lovely tea time sis! Love ya much!🤗💜😘😍💟💕🌸 !LADY !LUV !PIMP

Yes, do suggest it! Aside from the tickets sales for food (Afternoon Tea) and drink sales (mimosa), we sold raffle tickets and we had lots of private as well as local merchant sponsors. The Youth group helped in the preparation of food and maintained the hot water and food supplies. They, too, had fun!
I had fun!!!
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When all of us want to do something together, it must happen. All these flowers are looking very beautiful.

The flowers at my table came from my garden!
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