Lovely décor in place for Tea Forté‘s brand ambassador Kris Fuchs afternoon tea time.
Petit fours and coconut macaroons were served at the tea party form Tate’s Bake Shop.
Kris Fuchs creates an afternoon girls’ get-together at her home in Water Mill.
Hot tea from Tea Forté was served in ceramic teacups and saucers from Richard Ginori.
Her longtime chef, Roxy Naba, devised the tea-themed menu.
Tate’s Bake Shop‘s shortbread cookies were also served at the gathering.
The menu featured a feathery light matcha mille crepe cake.
A taste of apricot amaretto tea.
Along with her Topiaire Flower Shop–designed flower bracelet, guest Nina Runsdorf sported a vintage Nantucket Lightship Basket.
Taking center stage in the heavenly spread was the pièce de résistance.
Fuchs and guest Susie Finkel share a laugh.
Guests helped themselves to ginger- and lemongrass-infused dulce de leche.
The ladies also poured shots of apricot amaretto tea over ice cream and apricots to make their own affogatos.
A scrumptious slice of the matcha mille crepe cake.
Guest Jackie Cohen heads home with a gift bag including Tea Forté’s limited-edition collection Jardin, a collaboration with the New York Botanical Garden.
Other liquid refreshments included iced raspberry nectar tea, water infused with mint and lemon, and iced blood orange tea.
Interior designer Nicole Fuller, Jackie Cohen, Daniella Thomas, Maria Pargac, Nina Runsdorf, Marcie Fleck, Lauri Weitz, VIG FurnitureFuchs, Victoria Moran-Furman, Niki Vercellone, Linda Lambert, HC&G contributing editor Kelli Delaney, Susie Finkel, Rosanna Scotto, and Jennifer Miller.
This article appears in the August-1 2019 issue of HC&G (Hamptons Cottages & Gardens).