Pirates of the High Teas
Set sail as tea-loving pirates, competing to serve the perfect afternoon tea! Strategically deploy your crew to collect sets of treats and teas, vying to gain the most treasure. Wreak havoc along the way as you smash dishes together, pilfer treats with your monkey, smuggle snacks with your parrot, and blow up the pantry with your cannon.
Pinkies up me hearties, yo ho!
Pirates of the High Teas Trailer
How to Play
Welcome to the Pearl Grey!
During our Kickstarter we named our pirate ship as well as the four tea-loving Captains whose favor we'll be trying to earn!
Check out the great names our community voted for!
Game Photos
The Dishes of Pirates of the High Teas
There are 72 unique dishes in Pirates of the High Teas from around the world. For each fleet, we created a deck that fused flavors from different regions. We also took inspiration from recipes that we saw on cooking shows and found online. Below are links to some of the recipes that inspired us, in case you'd like to try to bake them yourself!
The Teacup Fleet
Inspiration: Great Britain, India
The Macaron Fleet
Inspiration: France, Japan
The Cupcake Fleet
Inspiration: North America, Northern Africa, Middle East
The Pie Fleet
Inspiration: East Asia, Global Pirate Jokes and Puns
The Pirate Code of Tea
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All pirate business shall be conducted under a flag of Tea, a sacred parlay that 'tis never broken.
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Swords and daggers are n’er drawn over Tea, unless a dish do be particularly tough.
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Only the son of a biscuit eater insults a tea service! Those who do insult the tea are to be marooned on the nearest desert island, left only with a single dessert and cup of tea.
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Always serve lemon with tea, never milk. It do fight scurvy.
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Pair your tasty tidbits with a well-matched tea. To do elsewise do be uncouth.
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Servin’ the same dish as another cook do be cause for walkin’ the plank.
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Pinkies up, me hearties, yo ho!