Yasmin's Tea Duel

I realised that I never made a post about the Tea Duel I attended last year.

The event was organised by my friend Yasmin who acted as Tiffin Mistress. It was 7th of March 2020 (pre-Corona in Australia). 

Tea duelling is a popular Steampunk game. A simple version of the rules is that duellists dip their biscuits in tea and hold them up. The last biscuit to crumble wins.

The event was held at Vintage on Melbourne in Newcastle, a very cute and quirky café filled with charming antiques. There were prizes for duellists and for the best costume.

It was a wonderful day and I hope to be able to do this sort of thing again once it is safe!

The lovely Yasmin

Me with our friend Mardo

Mardo

Caroline and James have a Steampunk serial you can read here





The winners






Comments

  1. Victoria1 October 2021 at 14:47

    Such fun and magic! beautiful pics...everyone looks smashing!

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