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After the success of our first Tea Time campaign during WordCamp US 2025, we’re bringing it back—this time for WordCamp Europe 2026.
Tea Time started as a simple idea.
Now has become small community moments connected to WordCamp experiences.
🌍 What is Tea Time?
Tea Time is a symbolic, sponsored tea giveaway that connects WordPress professionals in Pakistan with the global WordPress community during WordCamps.
It’s simple:
A cup of tea, shared across continents, to create connection.
Even if you’re not attending a WordCamp, Tea Time allows you to feel like part of the experience.
💡 Why Tea Time Matters
For many talented WordPress professionals in Pakistan, attending global WordCamps is not always possible.
Tea Time bridges that gap.
Through a small gesture—a cup of tea—we:
- Create inclusion
- Build recognition
- Strengthen global community ties
It’s not just about tea.
It’s about belonging.
📊 Tea Time #001 — What We Achieved
Our first campaign during WordCamp US 2025 brought:
- 131 participants
- 40+ winners
- 12 sponsors
- Community support including Tugboat
The campaign was also appreciated by WordPress influencers and community members influencers, encouraging us to continue and scale this idea.
🚀 Tea Time #002 — Starting April 4
We’re now launching Tea Time #002, starting April 4, 2026—exactly two months before WordCamp Europe.
Already, 15+ WordPressers have joined.
🎯 Our Goal:
- Serve 100 cups of tea
- Engage WordPress professionals across Pakistan
- Connect with WordCamp Europe attendees
- Create shared global moments during the event
📘 How It Works
- Join via the giveaway form
- Get listed publicly (like an attendee list)
- A WordCamp attendee selects your name
- WPKitchen sends you funds for tea
- You enjoy your tea ☕ and share a photo like below
- We bring together your profile, your tea photo, the attendee who selected you, and the sponsor who funded your tea into a single post, which is published across our website and social media.
❤️ What Makes Tea Time Special
- A global connection built on a simple act
- Community-driven and transparent
- A shared moment between attendees and non-attendees
Special Note:
The first (chief guest) spot is reserved for Matt Mullenweg.
🙌 For Participants
If you’re a WordPress professional in Pakistan:
- Join the campaign
- Get visibility in the community
- Be part of a global WordCamp experience
🤝 For Sponsors & Partners
Tea Time is open to everyone in the community:
- Agencies
- Individuals
- Influencers
By supporting Tea Time, you:
- Get featured across campaign posts on social media and website
- Gain visibility alongside real community interactions
- Connect with both WordCamp attendees and global participants
- Build goodwill by supporting an inclusive community initiative
- Become part of a documented campaign with lasting impact
💛 Sponsor a Cup
- Cost: ~$5 per cup
- Support individual participants
- Get recognized across campaign posts
🟡 Partner the Campaign (~$750)
- Limited to 4 partners
- Co-host the campaign
- Your brand appears across all campaign posts
- Front page and site wide brand visibility
📢 Here’s how your brand shows up in real Tea Time deliveries:
If you co-host or partner with Tea Time, your brand is consistently featured across campaign posts.
Here’s how a real Tea Time delivery looks:
☕ Tea Giveaway #40: Delivered
💛 Hosted by James Sansbury → tugboatqa.com
🤝 Co-hosted by Pomy → x.com/pomy
🏆 Selected by WordCamp US Attendee → Elineth Morera Campos
🥁 Winner: Fahad Nasir (Faisalabad, Pakistan)
☕ Tea Giveaway #41: Delivered
💛 Hosted by James Sansbury → tugboatqa.com
🤝 Sponsored by Mark Westguard → wsform.com
🏆 Selected by WordCamp US Attendee → Destiny Kanno
🥁 Winner: Fahad Ikram (Faisalabad, Pakistan)
In both examples, the co-host (Tugboat) remains visible across posts, while individual sponsors change—ensuring consistent brand presence alongside community contributions.
📢 How Sponsor Visibility Works
We follow a simple and transparent system to ensure fair exposure.
- Visibility is proportional to your contribution
- Mentions are distributed across winners
- Ensures balanced and meaningful recognition
Example:
If 200 cups are sponsored and there are 100 winners:
→ Each winner represents 2 cups
→ Mentions are assigned accordingly
This approach:
- Keeps things fair
- Avoids repetition
- Maintains transparency
📸 Real Impact
Every tea delivered becomes a shared moment:
- Between sponsor, selector, and winner
- Across countries and communities
- Documented through real photos and stories
📊 Example: How Mentions Are Distributed
To keep Tea Time fair and transparent, we use a simple proportional system.
Scenario:
- Total sponsored cups: 200
- Total winners: 100
👉 Each winner represents 2 cups of tea
Example: Sponsor Contributions & Mentions
- Woody Hayday: 4 cups → 2 mentions
- Michael Morales: 5 cups → 3 mentions
- Tobias Bäthge: 10 cups → 5 mentions
- Chris Badgett: 12 cups → 6 mentions
- Hammad Shahzad: 12 cups → 6 mentions
- Bud Kraus: 2 cups → 1 mention
- Farhan Aziz: 10 cups → 5 mentions
- Baljinder Singh: 10 cups → 5 mentions
- Katie Keith: 25 cups → 12 mentions
- Per Casey: 50 cups → 25 mentions
- Dustin Hyle: 10 cups → 5 mentions
- Mark Westguard: 50 cups → 25 mentions
👉 Total mentions: 100
💡 What This Means
- Your visibility is directly tied to your contribution
- Mentions stay balanced and meaningful
- No over-repetition, no under-recognition
This ensures a fair and scalable system for everyone involved.
🚀 What’s Next
Our first Tea Time took nearly three months to execute.
Now, with experience and structure, we’re ready to:
- Run faster
- Scale bigger
- Create deeper impact
☕ Join the Experience
Tea Time #002 begins April 4.
Join as a participant, sponsor a cup, or partner the campaign.
Be part of something simple—yet powerful.
Because sometimes,
a single cup of tea can connect people across the world.