Afternoon Tea

Afternoon Tea is a zine featuring characters from The Great Ace Attorney duology enjoying tea.
==About==
An interest check for the zine was first posted on May 25, 2022, on social mediahttps://afternoonteazine.tumblr.com/post/685242469882953728. The project would be split between profit and charity and contain primarily gen content. Early in the project, the organizers stated that they would not accept contributors who were "pro-ship", which was specified as anyone who condoned content that the team deemed problematic (both fictional and non-fictional instances of pedophilia, incest, rape, and sexual assault)https://web.archive.org/web/20240321002601/https://afternoonteazine.carrd.co/#faq.
Applications for moderators were opened from May 30, 2022, and closed on June 6, 2022, due to favorable turnouthttps://x.com/TGAATea/status/1531319533084061696https://x.com/TGAATea/status/1533494890209976320. Interest checks were closed on June 25, 2022https://x.com/TGAATea/status/1540741613911035908. In a interest check results post, the organizers reported a total of 171 responseshttps://twitter.com/TGAATea/status/1541532123336785921.
Contributor applications opened on June 30, 2022, and were scheduled to end on July 30, 2022https://x.com/TGAATea/status/1542553562722570240. The deadline was extended to August 10, 2022https://x.com/TGAATea/status/1553425186510147584. On August 14, 2022, the project was announced to be fully for charityhttps://x.com/TGAATea/status/1558886745646718978. Application results were sent out on August 15, 2022, with over 100 applications reported to have been submittedhttps://x.com/TGAATea/status/1559261888437010433.
Preorders opened on February 25, 2023, with the following pricing tiershttps://twitter.com/TGAATea/status/1629179421981810694:
* Early Grey Bundle ($15 USD) - Zine PDF, Emote Set
* Tea Cakes Bundle ($25 USD) - Physical Zine, Zine PDF, Emotes Set
* Cream Tea Bundle ($40 USD) - Physical Zine, Zine PDF, Emotes Set, Prints, Die-Cut Stickers, Sticker Sheet, Stretch Goals
* Tea Party Bundle ($50 USD) - Physical Zine, Zine PDF, Emotes Set, Prints, Die-Cut Stickers, Sticker Sheet, Charms, Enamel Pin Stretch Goals
Stretch goals included a coaster at 50 orders, washi tape at 75 orders, and a hard cover upgrade at 125 ordershttps://twitter.com/TGAATea/status/1629179489795330048. A limited bonus of a sketch book was offered to the first 25 full bundle orders for $15 USDhttps://twitter.com/TGAATea/status/1629179479645122560. A share campaign and giveaway for a full bundle was hosted from March 24, 2023, to April 1, 2023https://x.com/TGAATea/status/1639356447803727895. The winner of this giveaway was Twitter user MumiyoVhttps://x.com/TGAATea/status/1642324081776156673. Preorders closed on April 7, 2023https://x.com/TGAATea/status/1644565736856092673.
By September 8, 2023, when all physical merchandise had been consolidated and ready to be packaged for shippinghttps://x.com/TGAATea/status/1700192276327313685. Customers were notified by email to finalize addresses by August 13, 2023. Digital bundles were sent out on October 15, 2023.
Leftover sales ran from January 12 to February 12, 2024https://x.com/TGAATea/status/1745868249143935371. On March 3, 2024, the project's organizers posted the receipt of $1281 USD donated to Action Against Hunger and declared the project completehttps://x.com/TGAATea/status/1764429165103579547.
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	May 25, 2022 	June 25, 2022
Mod Applications 	May 30, 2022 	June 6, 2022
Contributor Applications	June 30, 2022 	August 10, 2022
Preorders 	February 25, 2023	April 7, 2023
Shipping 	August 13, 2023 	October 15, 2023
Leftover Sales 	January 12, 2024 	February 12, 2024
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from cross referencing the final copy of the zine and social media postshttps://twitter.com/TGAATea/status/1598376386678366208.
===Page Artists===
* Avetato
* Chip (CHIPTUNEPRINCE)
* Chrstine F. (CELANDINEDREAM)
* Eloisa (AEXVII)
* Endspire
* Emu (EMUGILLIE)
* Hoji (CACHOCABRAA) - Cover Artist
* JustBabs (BABSJUSTBABS)
* Krayonela (KRYNL_)
* Largeonions
* Miles (gonapologist) - Guest
* Mill (wumbsie) - Guest
* Mini (ministarfruit) - Guest
* Nami (_ZENTINELS)
* Onaa (KOFUTOFUU)
* Pia (PIAILLUSTREICHONS)
* Prynter (PRYNTERY)
* Quo (_QQUOE)
* Rinamata05
* Ronnie (starjuicebox)
* Rouxby (B_UNTEA)
* Sacharner
* Sapgoon
* Seraphiel
* Sinqie
* TERRA (TERRAGRAMS_ART) - Guest
* Yoru (AORUYORU)
===Merch Artists===
* JasmineByTheBay
* Kayt (replikayt)
* LostKimin
* Merrymint
* Owyn (OOOWYN, ZER__oo)
* Pandalana (PandalanaChick)
* Ronnie (starjuicebox)
===Writers===
* BrownieFox (BROWN13FOX)
* Elliot Sonder (call_me_elliot) 
* June (tsukisyama, dragonair) - Guest
* Sailorartemis
* Téa (transtrucy) - Guest
===Mods===
* Teddy (howelixir) - Head Mod
* Kayt (replikayt) - Finance, Shipping
* M (mirrorgrets) - Writing Mod
* Ronnie (starjuicebox) - Art Mod
==Gallery==
File:Dgs afternoon tea zine logo.png|Zine Project Logo
File:Dgs afternoon tea zine cover.png|Zine Cover by CACHOCABRAA
File:Dgs afternoon tea zine bonus sketchbook.png|Sketchbook Bonus
File:Dgs afternoon tea zine full bundle listing.png|Full Bundle Listing
File:Dgs afternoon tea zine stretch goals.png|Stretch Goals Listing
* "steep for two minutes" by transtrucy
== Fan Reception ==
The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.
dee wrote on Twitter
Lolo wrote on Twitter
kray wrote on Twitter
endspire wrote on Twitter
ari wrote on Twitter
== References ==
Category:Ace Attorney Zines
Category:2023 Zines