Tea Tasting Classes-Sun

Each Saturday and Sunday, American Tea Room hosts its signature High Tea at its elegant tea emporium on Canon Drive. The High Tea menu features selections by celebrated chef Valerie Gordon, known as one of the finest artisan chocolatiers in the country. The experience includes your choice from over 200 gourmet loose leaf teas accompanied by a selection of three tea sandwiches all served on artisan bread - potential selections may include curried chicken with muscat grape, breakfast radish butter and lemon confit, or crab salad with mint and lime. In addition to this, guests are treated to several sweet confections which may include cème fraiche scones accompanied by Valerie Confections' hand-crafted jams and marmalades; a refined and refreshing lemon curd tartlet; American Tea Room signature Earl Grey petit fours; wondrous shortbread cookies dusted in Matcha Green Tea Powder, and an assortment of Valerie's signature chocolates. (Menus change seasonally and incorporate locally grown sustainable products and locally crafted chocolates and confections.) The cost per person is $50. Reservations are highly recommended.