1852 24 Apr. 263/2 Recently, the musician..collected in his room several of his colleagues of the orchestra, under pretence of a social tea.
1926 D. D. C. Taylor 106 Social Tea..Bridge Rolls and Cress, White and Brown Bread and Butter.
1999 M. Lang iii. 98 She attended one of the Toronto press club's social teas, where she met the Globe's women's editor.