Sims are obsessed with making tea. If you buy a tea brewing machine, they’ll automatically gravitate towards it and brew tea all day long. Sims will sometimes drop all the pending activities in their action queue just to brew a cup of tea.
What does tea do in The Sims 4?
Tea can affect your Sim’s emotions and change their mood. Each tea flavor lets you achieve a particular emotional state.
Six tea flavors are available in The Sims 4 base game: Calming Chamomile, Pitch Black, Run Oolong, Healthy Green, Earl Grey, and Steamy Ginseng.
You can unlock seven additional tea flavors if you own Cats & Dogs, Seasons, Spa Day, Jungle Adventure, My Wedding Stories, and For Rent.
My Wedding Stories adds three additional tea flavors to the game: Black Dragon Tea, Cozy Apple Juice Tea, and Orange Blossom Tea.
If you own Spa Day, your Sims can drink Lemon Honey Ginger Detox Tea to improve their wellbeing.
If you have Seasons, your Sims can drink Bee Tea. Cats & Dogs adds Spiced Sparkling Apple Juice to the game.
If you own Jungle Adventure, your Sims can enjoy a delicious cup of Yerba Mate tea whenever they feel like it.
Each teapot provides three cups of tea that will spoil after 10 hours.
Of course, if you don’t own any packs, you can still find plenty of tea types in the base game.
How does tea influence my Sim’s emotions?
Pitch Black tea will trigger the Focused buff for four hours.
Run Oolong tea will make your Sims Energized for four hours.
Drinking Healthy Green will give your Sims the Happy buff for four hours.
Earl Grey will make Sims Confident for four hours.
Steamy Ginseng tea will make your Sims Flirty.
Sims will want to get something to eat after drinking Calming Chamomile tea.
Lemon Honey Ginger Detox Tea will give your Sims the Focused moodlet for hours.
Drinking Spiced Sparkling Apple Juice will make Sims Happy for two hours.
Bee Tea will put a smile on your Sim’s face and make them Happy for two hours.
Black Dragon Tea will make your Sims Focused.
Yerba Mate tea will make Sims Inspired.
Drinking Cozy Apple Juice Tea will trigger the Happy +2 buff for four hours.
Orange Blossom Tea will trigger the Focused buff for four hours.
Unicorn Galaxy Tea makes Sims Playful.
What tea makes Sims Happy?
The following tea flavors will make your Sims Happy: Healthy Green, Spiced Sparkling Apple Juice, Bee Tea, and Cozy Apple Juice Tea.
What tea makes Sims Focused?
To trigger the Focused buff in The Sims 4, have your Sims drink Pitch Black tea, Lemon Honey Ginger Detox Tea, Black Dragon Tea, or Orange Blossom Tea.
What tea makes Sims Inspired?
To make your Sims Inspired, have them drink Yerba Mate tea. This is the only tea flavor that can trigger the Inspired buff in The Sims 4.
What tea makes Sims Angry?
You can’t make Sims Angry by having them drink a particular type of tea. You can’t use the Tea Magic Personal Pot to make Sims Angry.
If you want to make your Sims Angry, add the Mean Vibe lot trait. This lot trait will make it easy for Sims to get Angry when using Mischief interactions.
You can also use the Bubble Blower from City Living to get Sims Angry. Have them inhale the Passion Fruit flavor twice and watch them turn red from anger.
This guide was updated in December 2023.