Tea Party

Tea Parties are a bonding activity in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Overview

Tea Parties are a social activity that Byleth can engage in with the students and faculty of the Officers Academy and staff of Garreg Mach Monastery. They become available after completing the quest Tea for Two, first offered by Ferdinand in Chapter 4. While exploring the monastery, the player may approach a character and invite them to tea. Tea parties are also an optional activity on birthdays.

When beginning a tea party, Byleth and their guest will sit at the table and Byleth will be prompted to serve tea. Any kind of tea in their inventory can be offered, but each character has their own favorite and will respond more favorably if it is served. Once the tea is served, the player is prompted to select one of three conversation topics. If it is a topic that interests the guest, they'll respond positively, but they will be disappointed by topics that disinterest them. If the player selects three positively received topics without mistakes, the tea time will extend, and the guest will make a comment, to which Byleth must pick an appropriate response. If a correct response is chosen, the player will score a Perfect Tea Time. Positive resposes will also raise support between Byleth and the guest, but the tea party will end early if too many mistakes are made.

After completing Perfect Tea Time, the player is presented with a menu offering the option to give a gift to the guest, or to observe them. Choosing to observe gives the player the opportunity to examine the guest up close, and the guest will make comments depending on where attention is focused. Observing the guest is entirely for show and will not affect gameplay in any way.

Completing a tea party with a Great or Perfect Tea Time grants a permanent Charm boost to both Byleth and their guest.

If the player has not finished the Tea for Two quest before the timeskip, the ability to host a Tea Party is locked until Chapter 13, when it will unlock automatically.

Recommended Tea

House	Name	Tea Blend
Black Eagles	Edelgard	Bergamot, Hresvelg Blend
	Hubert	Cinnamon Blend, Dagda Fruit Blend, Hresvelg Blend
	Ferdinand	Southern Fruit Blend, Almyran Pine Needles, Seiros Tea
	Linhardt	Angelica Tea, Almyran Pine Needles
	Caspar	Ginger Tea
	Bernadetta	Albinean Berry Blend, Honeyed-Fruit Blend
	Dorothea	Albinean Berry Blend, Sweet-Apple Blend
	Petra	Ginger Tea, Four-Spice Blend
Blue Lions	Dimitri	Chamomile
	Dedue	Ginger Tea, Four-Spice Blend, Cinnamon Blend
	Felix	Almyran Pine Needles, Four-Spice Blend
	Ashe	Mint Leaves, Angelica Tea
	Sylvain	Bergamot, Seiros Tea
	Mercedes	Albinean Berry Blend, Southern Fruit Blend, Crescent-Moon Tea
	Annette	Sweet-Apple Blend, Almond Blend, Rose Petal Blend
	Ingrid	Mint Leaves, Chamomile
Golden Deer	Claude	Almyran Pine Needles, Chamomile, Leicester Cortania
	Lorenz	Bergamot, Rose Petal Blend, Seiros Tea
	Raphael	Almond Blend, Ginger Tea
	Ignatz	Lavender Blend, Dagda Fruit Blend, Seiros Tea
	Lysithea	Southern Fruit Blend, Sweet-Apple Blend, Honeyed-Fruit Blend, Crescent-Moon Tea
	Marianne	Lavender Blend, Dagda Fruit Blend, Cinnamon Blend
	Hilda	Albinean Berry Blend, Mint Leaves, Southern Fruit Blend, Rose Petal Blend
	Leonie	Angelica Tea, Four-Spice Blend
Church of Seiros	Seteth	Angelica Tea, Ginger Tea, Four-Spice Blend
	Flayn	Almond Blend, Sweet-Apple Blend, Crescent-Moon Tea
	Hanneman	Sweet-Apple Blend, Honeyed-Fruit Blend, Bergamot, Cinnamon Blend
	Manuela	Mint Leaves, Lavender Blend
	Gilbert	Almond Blend, Lavender Blend
	Alois	Honeyed-Fruit Blend, Crescent-Moon Tea
	Catherine	Rose Petal Blend
	Shamir	Crescent-Moon Tea, Chamomile
	Cyril	Almyran Pine Needles
	Jeritza	Albinean Berry Blend, Honeyed-Fruit Blend, Southern Fruit Blend, Sweet-Apple Blend
	Anna	Bergamot, Dagda Fruit Blend, Seiros Tea
	Rhea	Angelica Tea, Chamomile, Crescent-Moon Tea

Trivia

• Despite having Support conversations with Byleth, Rhea could not be invited to tea parties in the launch version of Three Houses. The ability to invite her to tea was added in the game's version 1.2.0 update.
  • Prior to the update, Rhea had unused tea topics and favorite blends coded into the 1.0 release, implying she may have been planned as a tea party invitee prior to the game's launch.

• One of the counselor's notes indicates that Rhea dislikes hot beverages. Prior to the 1.2.0 update, this may have been used as canonical reasoning for why she could not be invited to tea.
• In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Byleth's "Congratulations" screen after clearing Classic Mode references the tea parties in Three Houses. In the Congratulations image, they are dressed in their Edelgard colors, and the image is orchestrated such that it resembles a Tea Time session with Edelgard.