Scones are a must with any tea party, but he livens things up by serving them with a seasonal jam or compote such as pumpkin in fall or watermelon in the summer, alongside the standard clotted cream and strawberry jam.
But as any veteran British tea drinker will tell you, tea appeals to the spirit, as well as the flesh.
If crowds are not your cup of tea, any nearby pub with a television screen will be broadcasting the event live.
"If I am any reader of the tea leaves, front and center is going to be Kenneth Starr, and we will go through prosecutorial abuse, " said Sen.
From your computer you could watch the live action at the Honest Tea kiosks in any city.
"Oh, he's all right if you don't just expect him to love you any better than a family tea set, " was all the comfort my father could give me.
Notts lost Neil Edwards to the sixth ball of the innings, his defensive edge going straight to Trescothick at slip, but Wagh and Shafayat batted with increasing confidence as Notts reached tea without losing any further wickets.
Tea ceremonies, tea appreciation and tasting services led by skilful tea masters, may feature any of the above.
Like American reactionary movements of the past, the tea party resists change of any kind.
Ms Martin said her father, a retired accountant, stopped eating to "hasten his death in the absence of any law change" and drank only tea and water.
In the recent primaries in Maryland, The Hill reported that Romney was finally gaining traction with Tea Party Republicans without achieving any huge transformation of his image.
Away from the beach, Northumberland is littered with castles, some romantic ruins and others that feel as though their sentries have just popped off for a cup of tea and will be back any moment.
That tea is the perfect complement to any flaky, buttery item I choose.
The quickest way to get kicked out of the Tea Party Patriots is to express any sign of racial animus.
What we should be aiming for is a culture where you don't need alcohol-education programmes, any more than we now need coffee or tea education programmes.
Virender Sehwag, who probably needed to be still there at tea if India were to have any hope of getting the required runs, lasted just nine balls.
But this year, the spirit of the Tea Party brings with it suspicion of any government spending, and EVs have been a particular target.
So many possibilities: Do you want to be alerted any time someone loses their cookies on the the Tea Cup ride so you can laugh at them?
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The Tea Act, passed in 1773, did not actually impose any new taxes on the colonies.
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It was like any moment you expected some Victorians to wander in with their cups of tea.
Large pitchers and carafes of water, wine and iced tea need to be refilled less often and look formidable on any table.
Siwa is less about rushing around any major sights than it is about sitting back with a cup of tea or a sheesha and letting the halcyon days wash over you.
She said she was too old to walk around her garden with him, but he should pick a leaf of any plant that interested him and they could discuss it over a cup of tea.
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What is unreasonable is the impulse to blame mainstream conservatives, including the Tea Party, a diffuse mass movement that has never been linked to any violence.
In fact, much of the fury of the Tea Partiers against government stimulus and bailouts might have less to do with any principled belief in the limits of government and more to do with fear of what this will do to their own entitlements.
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Although not everybody's cup of tea (on a bad day, the service can be as churlish as any greasy-spoon in Barnsley, circa 1972), its products and style are said to be enjoyed by Anglophile masochists such as Quentin Tarantino.
Now that really sent out some danger signals and that's why, you know this contest is not a tea party, there are those who think that the minute that there is any sort of engagement between the two opposing views here, that somehow this is against the rules.
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Some Republicans - including Tea Party supporters who won House seats last year and oppose raising the debt limit under any circumstance - feel the Boehner bill would not cut enough from the US budget.
The Tea Party is a diffuse operation, and it can be difficult to pin down its stand on any given issue.
But former Warwickshire team-mate Ntini ended any lingering hopes of a substantial score when Bell nicked a delivery which held its line to Boucher five minutes before tea.
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