Foreigner Cafe Tea

Recently the Foreigner Cafe in San Mateo has added afternoon tea to their menu! I was able to go for a friends birthday to check it out! This is not a dedicated tea place but more of a cafe and brunch place that happens to have tea now. 

By The Tea Shore

 I was able to go to the new tea place in Halfmoon Bay that recently opened called By The Teashore; the name is very cute and creative! 

Hello Kitty Cafe

I'm back with another Afternoon Tea review! Two places recently opened up in the bay area and I needed to try them! The first is the Hello Kitty Cafe Afternoon Tea at the new Hello Kitty Cafe in Santa Clara's Valley Fair mall.

Tea Review: Alexanders Patisserie

I was able to go to Alexanders Patisserie for their more recent offering of afternoon tea! We went Valentines day weekend (yes I am very late posting my review!) and I'm glad I got a chance to try this new afternoon tea offering in Mountain View!

Tea Review: Blossom Tea Room

For my birthday this year I wanted to try a new afternoon tea place! Since I have basically exhausted all the ones that are close we ended up going pretty far out to Stockton to go to Blossom Tea Room

Tea Review Revisit: Son and Garden

I got the opportunity to go back to Son and Garden in Palo Alto! They change themes every once in a while, so while it's the same place with the same atmosphere several of the offerings were different this time around. 

Tea Review: Croissante Bakery

Long time no blog! I've been quite busy at work and going back to take some classes. Without a blogging goal this year and the stress/work from my job situation plus classes blogging has definitely taken a backseat. However I do still plan to try a few of these places that aren't dedicated tea places but offer afternoon tea now that I'm a bit farther out from my yearlong tea journey. 

First up we have Croissante Bakery! This is a bakery in Santa Clara that offers an afternoon tea if you reserve in advance. 

Tea Review: Muir's Tea Room

I was able to finally make it to Muir's Tea Room! It's located in Sebastopol so it's quite a ways away from me and most of the rest of the Bay. It's unique though in that is an entirely vegan menu and the theme changes around every month or so! This month happened to be Alice in Wonderland theme ♣️

Tea Review: The Rotunda

I ended up at the Rotunda by myself unfortunately. I didn't realize how popular it would be for afternoon tea around this time so by the time I was late getting a reservation they would only let me reserve for 1. This was both a nice deviation from my usual tea experience but also kind of lonely. I did end up sort of ~live blogging~ my experience as there was no one to be rude to by typing on my phone the whole time in between eating 😅

Tea Review: RoyalTEA Garden

I was able to get together a mini meet with some comm members to try out the furthest away tea spot from me! I really did want to do a tea around new years to celebrate a bit with people and since Rotunda was very booked I had to switch to RoyalTEA Garden.

Tea Review: Jade Chocolates

Tea Review: The Tea Terrace

My spouse and I ended up on a quick weekend trip to Vegas! The last time I was here was by myself for a library conference in the middle of summer and it was definitely an overwhelming experience. I don't really know if I enjoy Vegas or not it has a lot of unique flair but very overwhelming to the senses on the strip. The tea place I was able to get reservations for was a bit off the strip though trying for a slightly more sedate experience. 

Tea Review: Chelokababi- Chelo Tea House

I learned that a new afternoon tea place opened up in Sunnyvale in September through Discord and very soon someone posted about waning to check it out so of course I had to snatch a spot and add it to the tea review list!

Tea Review: Crown and Crumpet

I was able to go to Crown and Crumpet with some friends this weekend! This is a comm staple as it's right below Baby in the New People Building in SF Japantown.

Tea Review: Son & Garden

I was finally able to go to Son & Garden due to it being Veterans day and having the day off on a weekday! 

Pardee Home Afternoon Tea review

 I was lucky enough to get a spot at the recent Pardee Home OTT Tea! I was really excited it was before my trip so that I could attend. Spots usually fill up quickly for this tea place so I was really happy I finally got a spot at an event 💖

Tea Review: Sip Tea Room

I was able to make my way to Sip Tea Room for the next review in this series! Overall it was a lovely friendly experience but y'all know the drill by now so on to the details of the categories 💖

Tea Review- Malaya Tea Room

It was my birthday this past week so of course another excuse for afternoon tea! I think my friends might be a little bit tired of tea at this point but they were good sports about coming with me to try out this place anyway!

Tea Review: iChina

 

iChina was on my maybe list of places to go as they are a regular restaurant but with a afternoon tea section. However I was recommended it by several different people and I have seen quite a few Instagram reels of the cute desserts! A friend we were making plans with had to pivot and I suggested iChina as a backup and they were willing to try it 💖

A heads up to anyone wanting to go here that this is almost completely desserts (with optional add on dimsum) so just be aware if you go it's going to be very sweets heavy!

Tea Review: Dartealing Lounge

I visited Dartealing Lounge with some friends in my continuing quest to visit all the tea places! I've been to this tea place several times before and really enjoyed it- but will it stack up to all the other ones I've been to?