How wonderful,it is so nice to see something like this as entertainment and socialization. A refreshing and much needed change from text messaging and video games.
A tea party reminds me of the good old days that were filled with imagination and wonder.
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I enjoy tea quite a bit now, as an adult, but hated it when I tried to drink it in high school, so it's hard to imagine enjoying actual tea for a tea party as a child. I'm fairly certain I wouldn't have enjoyed it unless it was FULL of sugar. Also, I understand that kids shouldn't drink much soda, but I drank cola and other sodas at parties when I was young and didn't have any issues, even though they were full of caffeine.

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I loved tea as a child. If you have issues with caffeine, whole leaf tea can be "rinsed," almost all the caffein comes out in the first 30 seconds, and if you are using a good quality tea or an oolong, the leaves can be reused with differing and interesting changes in flavor two or five times.

You can't do this with teabags however, as they are filled with dust or fannings, broken bits of leaves that leak out all their flavor along with all the caffeine and all the tannins. Good quality whole leaf tea can be had from most coffee shops and elsewhere beginning at five dollars or so for a half pound, and tea goes a LOT farther than coffee. If I were having a tea party for children, I would ask my purveyor for suggestions for several mild teas, especially oolongs, and have a tasting; which the parents would also enjoy. Maybe more than the kids.

You could also send them into a stupor with camomile tea, which has mild soporific effects. Personally I'd rather have a party full of active caffeinated kids, but your party, your call.

And the English drink their tea with milk and sugar with little real harm done; although I now drink my tea straight, when I was five that's how I started out at the after service church tea.

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