National Afternoon Tea in College & Tips for 2025

Drinking tea in a college dorm, college cafeteria, or on college campus can be a comforting mindful experience. As well as soothing your throat from allergies or an allergy cough. Although, you might be in a rush to go to your classes, finish projects, or homework assignments; It is best to slow down with a cup of tea and do breathing techniques to slow down before heading to class or finishing your college to do list. Also, you can have tea with your friends while you communicate with them about your college experiences. It can help you make new connections and can help improve your mood as you are in college. 

Nonetheless, there are some college tea clubs that can be fun and can make you socialize more as you study a career. Yet, if your college does not offer a tea club, you can make tea in the morning or in the afternoon in your dorm. The entire month of April is the Afternoon Tea Month. You can start your tea club with your friends and have a tea ceremony in the afternoon. Additionally, you can make snacks to complement your hot teas or ice teas. 

Select teas that you and your friends might like. If you or your friends have a challenging time selecting tea flavors, you can purchase tea samplers. Research the history of teas or the benefits of teas. Make your tea and then practice mindfulness, meditation, or other relaxing activities. Here is a list of relaxing activities. 

1. Drink tea as you draw or color coloring pages.
2. Drink tea as you read positive affirmations. 
3. Review three good things that happened to you throughout the day and say thank you in your mind as you drink your tea. 
4. Fold a napkin and drink your hot tea in silence. 
5. Listen to music as you drink your flavored tea.
6. Fold paper or make origami as you drink your tea.
7. Take a warm bath before meditating with tea especially if you are drinking tea two or three hours before going to sleep. 
8. Wash your face before relaxing with a hot cup of tea. 
9. Remove your shoes and sit on the floor with lots of cushions as you drink your tea in silence. 
10. Drink your hot tea outside of your college dorm and enjoy the beautiful landscape of your college campus. 
11. Whisper positive affirmations to yourself as you drink your tea and hum a song after drinking your tea. 
12. Read the quotes from the tea tags and contemplate the quotes written on the tea tags.
13. Write the quotes that you read from your tea tags and drink your tea slowly. 
14. Write a poem as you drink your tea. 
15. Write a short story about your feelings, emotions, and college experiences as you drink your tea.
16. Do a word search as you drink your tea.
17. Do a crossword puzzle as you drink your tea. 
18. Arrange flowers as you drink your tea.
19. Use paper, felt, or other materials to make flowers as you drink your tea.
20. Make a mosaic, sand art, or color by numbers as you drink your tea. 
21. Make a college scrapbook with pictures of your tea party or monthly tea ceremonies. 
22. Make small gift bags with tea samplers for your friends and care packages if they are sick. 
23. Last have new notebooks for all your friends in case they want to do journaling as they drink their tea.
24. Listen to guided meditations from a meditation app as you listen and drink your hot tea. 
25. Read a book about tea as you drink your tea. 

Prepare your table, the floor, the picnic area, or a comfortable area before drinking your tea. Add silverware, chopsticks, or eat finger foods as you enjoy your tea. Make sure you have enough lighting or select an area that has shade to drink your tea slowly and where you feel safe sitting in silence. Add spices or citrus fruit slices to assist you in using your senses before you meditate and drink your hot tea. Avoid thinking too much about your future or your past mistakes. 

Make sure your friends are available to accompany you to drink tea and to do relaxing activities before doing group projects, essays, homework, or research. Dress in clothing that you feel comfortable wearing and comfortable for sitting on the floor, grass, or on a chair. Also, you can sit on a stool, beanbags, or a reclining chair as you drink your tea carefully without spilling it. Have puzzles, card games, positive affirmations on cards, or a variety of coloring pages to keep everyone busy. As well as watercolors, pastels, charcoal, or washable finger paints to create art as you drink your tea. 

Observe how you feel and be aware of other's feelings. After everyone has drank their tea, practice gratitude meditation. Make it a routine to spend a quiet afternoon with your friends and with tea. Send reminders once a week or monthly invitations to spend time with your friends with a tea party or tea ceremony. Another way is to schedule a day of having tea and celebrate everyone's college accomplishments before graduation. 

Decorate your space before practicing mindfulness or meditation with tea. Nonetheless, celebrate National Afternoon Tea Month in college by finding a comfortable area to relax with a cup of tea. Drink tea and listen to music without getting distracted with the lyrics. Make sure your back does not hurt as you sit and enjoy drinking your tea. Here are websites with more information for celebrating National Afternoon Tea Month. 

How to Make Perfect Tea in Your Dorm Room-Golden Moon Tea:

How to make perfect tea in your dorm room - Golden Moon Tea

Tea Goes to College: Campus Tea Clubs:

Tea Goes to College: Campus Tea Clubs

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