Spring Parties: Tea Bar Recipes + Ideas

For springtime entertaining – garden parties, graduations, and wedding and baby showers – be extra Southern and set up an iced tea bar. It’s the essential spread of iced teas, tea drinks, and garnishes that guarantees everyone can sip something special.

First, brew some Luzianne Iced Tea or grab fresh brewed Luzianne Tea Gallons from the store (we have 4 kinds – Sweet, Unsweet, Extra Sweet, and Zero Sugar), then choose your teas, drinks and garnishes, and arrange it all like a party-perfect showpiece. These party-size tea recipes and tea bar presentation ideas are ready to roll out for any event.

Party-ready Tea Drinks:

Make a tea fountain the center of your party spread.

Sweet tea, triangle sandwiches, deviled eggs and dips – these are the essential elements of a Southern party spread. Place a sweet tea or tea cocktail fountain in the center and the party table is complete.

tea tower - tea fountain

Turn classic sweet tea into the fantastic centerpiece it deserves to be, with a drink fountain at the center of your tea bar.

Party Food Essentials:

Offer all the flavors with glass tea dispensers.

Gallon jug of mint iced tea with glasses

Investing in a few glass beverage dispensers is a great way to serve a selection of teas and tea drinks. For options, think sweet tea, unsweet tea, decaf tea, a springtime tea spritzer or a spirited tea punch.

Instead of cups, serve buckets!

2 bucket cups of Half & Half iced tea and lemonade

Instead of disposable cups, buy these inexpensive 32-ounce deli buckets and some wide straws to use as fun, party-size iced-tea and drink containers.

Punch bowls are a crowd favorite.

imperial honeyed peach punch in punch bowl with glasses

What’s a party without tea punch in a festive punch bowl? It’s an old Southern party tradition dating back to the early 1800s.