Steam rises from a cup of tea and we are wrapped in history, inhaling ancient times and lands, comfort of ages in our hands. __Faith Greenbowl Many folks have reported that walking into Kate's Teahouse is like taking a deep breath in an aromatherapy manufacturing center. There are so many aromas and essences swirling around, You will feel both relaxed and invigorated at the same time. Tea and history go together like, well, tea leaves and hot water. The 1850's mining town, Columbia, is literally steeped with essences of treasure, adventure and stories. Columbia Kate's spin on the age-old drink tells its own story while offering antiques, specialized gifts and even antique buttons which are notorious story tellers themselves. Seated at tables named after real mining claims of Columbia's heyday, a guest may learn why women of early California had entrepreneurial opportunities like no other state at that time. Over a cup of tea, stories fly thru the air like dimes from the old barn's reputed ghost of a murdered French woman. She is said to have worked in a bakery on the same site before there was a barn. Why she likes dimes, no one knows. Recalling roots earlier than even British tea, Kate's shares tea lore as liberally as the gold miners squandered their gold on water, wagering, whiskey and women. Columbia Kate's is in the TOP 10 of over 300 California teahouses. Please be sure to let others know how much you enjoy Columbia Kate's by posting a review at our favorite TeaMap (click here) Your reviews mean a lot to us! Thanks. Teahouse Hours Open every day! (except Christmas Day and Thanksgiving Day) 11:00am to 4:00pm (209) 532-1885 Follow Columbia Kate's Teahouse on Facebook Columbia Tea $15 2 cup pot of hot or iced tea, scone with jam & cream and lemon curd. Two cucumber Tea Sandwiches, Four Rosemary wafer crackers with egg salad and chicken salad and a small lemon bar. Dondero Tea $16 2 cup pot of hot or iced tea, scone with jam & cream and lemon curd. Quiche ~ Spinach-Ricotta or Ham-Swiss-Mushroom ~ Fresh Fruit or Baby Greens salad and a small lemon bar. Kate’s Tea $18 2 cup pot of hot or iced tea, scone with jam & cream and lemon curd. Plus Tea Sandwich Trio (cucumber, egg salad and chicken salad) and Raspberry Greens salad. Motherload Tea $30 2 cup pot of hot or iced tea, scone with jam & cream and lemon curd. Any ½ size Salad. Four Tea sandwiches (cucumber, chicken salad, strawberry/Nutella and a pickled Asparagus cream cheese). Finale - a Sweets Trio. The FULL MENU (printable) is available HERE The TEA MENU (printable) is HERE so you can start your list of Tea you'd like to try. "Talk and Tea is our specialty. Come along inside, we'll see if tea and scones can make the world a better place." ___misquoted from The Wind in the Willows Tea is wealth itself, because there is nothing that cannot be lost, no problem that will not disappear, no burden that will not float away, between the first sip and the last.___ The Minister of the Leaves Purchase tea here! Use our updated tea cart and purchase your favorite loose tea online. FREE shipping anywhere in the United States.

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