pink tea

noun4

1. •
   (India, Pakistan) A hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour, made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk.
2. •
   (US) Any exclusive social gathering.
3. •
   (US, historical) A fashionable formal tea party or other social gathering; specifically, one organized and attended chiefly by women to discuss matters of suffrage, raise funds for charity, etc.

   • Feb. 4, they served a pink tea, from which they realized $19.70. — 1886
4. •
   [before a noun] (US, figurative) Something (as an event or policy) excessively polite and refined; specifically, one regarded as ineffective and weak.

   • The Court permitted one picket at each point of entry and exit from the plant, an arrangement promptly dismissed by the unions as "pink tea" picketing. — 1991