Ask a Party Planner

Planning a party? Need advice on guest treatment, food prep, bartending or more? Lifestyle Expert Mike Chalut, host of the upcoming show Kim's Rude Awakenings, is here to help you be the perfect hostess.

Q: Which teas should you keep for entertaining? We're coffee drinkers and I want to have a good selection of teas for when guests come over. My future mother in law came over and I was caught with no tea in the house last week!

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