Tea Christmas Cafe decor at my office....I won the contests

We had our first ever, Decorate your office, Christmas Contest.

I knew right away I was going with the Christmas Tea Cafe theme.

I decided to make a giant tea cup...I like to think of it as a Masala Chai with cold foam.

 

How did I make it?  I went to the Dollar General Store and walked up and down the isle until an idea came to me.

I bought a trash can, a circular floral wreath, and a pizza pan.  I then went to the hardware and bought red paint...that was the most expensive part- the red paint.

I glued everything together with glue I had.

I cut the floral wreath in half to act as the handle and then glued it onto the trash can.

I glued the trash can on to the pizza tray.


Thankfully it was not too cold in the garage to spray paint.


Ta Dah!!!  I love it!!


I already had some giant logo stickers, so I thought that was fun to add it to the mug.  I also already had the candy cane for my Christmas decor.  I also add the white cloth to be the cold foam.


I bought the Gingerbread House on Amazon.
I zip tied the house to the ceiling. 




I then bought some cafe streamers from Amazon to hang down from the ceiling.  I figured I could always use these again for Christmas tea parties.  As well as one of the back drops as a photo back drop for a party.



Lastly, I found a teachers cafe board on Amazon.  It was meant to be a bulletin board display for a school.


I spend around $45 dollars on everything....and some could be used again for Christmas teas.  The prize was $100 so I wanted to be sure I still won money if I won.

I came in after hours and took me about 4 hours to put it all up.


And I won!!!!!

I won the $100 Amazon gift card!!!!

My coworker and I also spilt the $50 prize  for decorating a coworkers office, lol!!


Granted he was on vacation at the time.
And no one else participated in the contest....still we will take the win!!

We called it Boxing Day!  We threw all the empty boxes that come to the office over Christmas in his pod.  I also did not need the gingerbread roof, so we added that as well.


I also won $25 for the ugly Christmas sweater contest.
 I guess that is what happens when you put HR on your shirt and she is a really good sport about it.




Merry Christmas to me this year from the office, lol!!!




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Time to craft with teacups


Last year I made the nativity set with a teacup.  The nativity set people came from Hobby Lobby.

This year I made Christmas ornament trees in teacups.

Get creative.  I went again to hobby lobby and bought most of my supplies, except for the vintage tiny ornaments- which I already had.

I bought a small cone to use as my base- in the floral section.  I searched and searched and then finally went to the floral section and found the cones.

I purchased red and green fluff balls along with red, green, silver, and gold bells.  I bought tiny gold and silver balls and pipe cleaners to use as fillers and create the look of garland.

I had the tiny wreaths, the greenery, and the hot glue gun.

I first hot glued the cone to the cup so that I was sure it was straight.
Then I just started at the bottom and worked my way up the cone.





With this vintage one, I used ornaments and the star on top from my miscellaneous ornament box.



I am already trying to decide what next years teacup Christmas craft will be.
Stay tuned.







 

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Christmas tea party at work



I always like to do a tea menu for anyone I do tea for.  This way if their are allergies people can see what is in the tea. 
Also, I don't sell any of the teas, but if someone one wanted to buy the tea they would know where the tea was from.


The night before I prepped the iced tea.


I made wassail...the recipe is in my tea recipe book.


I made the wassail when I got to work at 6am.


I purchased fun winter cups for the hot tea.


I had candy canes and sprinkles that could go in the chai.


Vanilla spiced masala chai.


Masala Chai with egg nog froth....





Raspberry Truffle iced tea was the other drink I offered.  Everyone could have a cup of tea as well as an ornament of tea to take home.




I have off on Wednesdays, so I am always happy to bring a tea party to your office too!
Message me for more information and pricing. 













 

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Peppermint Matcha Lattes

 

Christmas time is a great time for a peppermint matcha!!


I did a test run at home before I brought the drinks to work.

When making matcha there are a few tips that really help make the drink better...and make your whisk (Chasen) last longer.
First, sift the matcha into the bowl.  This limits the clumps in your drink.

I do one matcha scoop,  1-2 tsp for a latte.


Second, I whisk my whisk in warm water before I start. This helps to strengthen the whisk and avoid breakage.  Also whisk in water when you are done and store with the whisks down (to prevent water getting into the handle and rotting) and let it air dry.

There are different whisks - typically they have 80-120 tines.  The thickness and number of tines determines the froth of the matcha.  I have not played around with that at all.

After the matcha is sifted, I add some water to cover the matcha.  My water temperature is about 175 degrees.

When I whisk I go back and forth, think of a clock, I go from 9 to 3 back and forth.  It is not like whisking an egg for an omelet. 


Once whisked I add to my cup.  You can either put the matcha in first and then your milk (I like oat milk) or you can add you milk and then the matcha.  I have added some peppermint syrup to the oat milk.  It's up to you what order you add the milk and matcha.

I then froth on the whipping cream (cold foam), which has a splash of peppermint syrup added to it.


Lastly I sprinkle with sprinkles or add a candy cane.



Ta Dah!!!


After knowing the combination was good, I brought everything in to work to make lattes for my girl friends.

I purchased these cute Lowe's buckets that I thought would make a great shot glass of matcha.  They were a hit!!!  Everyone was super excited when they found out they got to keep the bucket too.


I made my cold foam....whipping cream and a splash of peppermint.


My one friend likes cats, so her matcha went in a cat cup.


Get creative when making drinks.


Super fun treats!!!!




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