You are cordially invited to attend a most ghostly tea party in Pokémon GO during the Just My Cup of Tea event, from Tuesday, December 3, at 10:00 a.m. to Saturday, December 7, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time. On this auspicious occasion, Sinistea, the Black Tea Pokémon, will make its Pokémon GO debut. Collect 50 Sinistea Candy, and you can even evolve it into Polteageist.

Raids

Be sure to take part in some Raid Battles during the event. Shiny Genesect (Chill Drive) will appear in Pokémon GO for the first time in five-star raids, and you’ll be able to take advantage of a handy pair of bonuses: 2× friendship bonus damage during raids and 50% more Stardust from completing one. Here are the Pokémon that will appear in raids during the event. Those in italics have a chance of appearing as Shiny Pokémon!

One-Star Raids

• Frillish (Female)

• Frillish (Male)

• Sinistea

Three-Star Raids

• Galarian Mr. Mime

• Hisuian Braviary

• Bombirdier

Five-Star Raids

• Genesect (Chill Drive)

Mega Raids

• Mega Banette

Wild Encounters

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild during this event. Those in italics have a chance of appearing as Shiny Pokémon!

• Slowpoke

• Taillow

• Slakoth

• Duskull

• Starly

• Greavard

Incense Encounters

The following event-themed Pokémon will be attracted to Incense during the event. Those in italics have a chance of appearing as Shiny Pokémon!

• Oddish

• Miltank

• Combee

• Gothita

• Litwick

• Spritzee

Other Event Activities

In addition to all these Pokémon encounters, there will also be special event-themed Field Research tasks that awards Stardust and encounters with event-themed Pokémon, Timed Research that awards XP, Stardust, and encounters with event-themed Pokémon, and a Collection Challenge that awards an encounter with Sinistea.

Pinkies up, Trainers! Let’s make this the most sa-teas-fying Pokémon GO event of the year.