Some words are just destined to become puns, and tea is a prime example. It lends itself easily to tea-riffic wordplay—and that’s just scratching the surface of the fun you can have with tea-related terms. Just like wine and coffee puns, the possibilities are practically endless when it comes to tea puns.

Puns are a perfect (and hilarious) way to spice up a conversation, a greeting card or even a social media caption. Next time you post a picture of teatime on Instagram, jazz it up with one of these quali-tea puns to delight your followers. Or better yet, do it for yourself—because a good pun is always worth a smile.

Scroll on to find a pun that is just your cup of tea.

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Tea puns

  1. Nice tea meet you!
  2. Making tea isn’t hard, but waiting for the kettle to boil sure is tea-dious.
  3. This drink is tea-licious!
  4. Oolong live the queen!
  5. Let’s get this par-tea started!
  6. It’s a brew-tea-ful day!
  7. Steep dreams!
  8. Don’t be chai, my honey!
  9. I’m gonna love you oolong time!
  10. Varie-tea is the spice of life!
  11. This party is totally tea-riffic.
  12. You’re my bes-tea!
  13. Sweet dreams are made of tea.
  14. Don’t kettle for second best.
  15. Sip, sip hooray!
  16. The reali-tea is I love a good brew.
  17. The only way out is brew it.
  18. It’s been oolong time coming.
  19. Sometimes I’m great at mul-tea-tasking.
  20. Feeling tired enough to go to steep.
  21. Can we all get oolong?
  22. I’ll chai again tomorrow.
  23. You’re totally tea-riffic.
  24. You have to admit these funny puns are quali-tea.
  25. Everything I brew, I brew for you.
  26. If at first you don’t succeed, chai, chai again.
  27. Try walking a chamomile in my shoes.
  28. Feeling a bit of deja brew.
  29. Kettle down, kettle down.
  30. You’re such a cu-tea.
  31. I’ve been waiting oolong, long time for this.
  32. It’s thirs-tea Thursday!
  33. I believe I can chai.

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Boba puns

  1. We’re a pearl-fect fit for each other.
  2. Pearls night out.
  3. This boba tea is absolutely unbelie-bubble!
  4. Hope you’re tapi-okay!
  5. I’m totally cap-bubble of drinking something other than tea—but why would I want to?
  6. I always had a thing for the pearl next door.
  7. I haven’t tried boba before, but I’ll give it a pearl.
  8. You give me bubble-flies.

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Matcha puns

  1. We’re a matcha made in heaven.
  2. You and me are the perfect matcha.
  3. Game, set, matcha!
  4. I’m feeling so matcha better today!
  5. I love you so matcha.
  6. So matcha love to go around.
  7. I’ve met my matcha!
  8. So little time, so matcha to brew.
  9. Thank you very matcha.
  10. I’ve met my matcha.
  11. So nice to matcha you—what’s your name?

There’s more humor brewing where this came from! Once you’ve sipped your fill of these tea puns, pop the cork on our list of hilarious wine puns.

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