Welcome to Tea Time 2025. These posts will be about Tea Rooms we’ve been to, Teas we’ve given for friends and family, Church Tea events, and High Tea in restaurants from 2008 to the present. Tea in the U.S.A., Tea in England and Tea in Canada. Many of the Tea Rooms are no longer in business, which is sad.
This post is from December 6th of 2009.
The girls in my extended family have started a Black Friday tradition of shopping at Goodwill and then going to Tea. We were so happy to find this relatively new Tea Room in Bothell, Washington. Three Cups of Tea has a well rounded combination of great teas, really good food, and a wonderful ambiance. We would all highly recommend it!! Lea Miller, the “Tea-preneur” has the perfect personality to run this Tea Room.
There is a main eating room with gift items displayed all around in great cabinets and then there are two specialty rooms divided from the main area.
The back of the business card reads;
First cup of tea as a guest
Second cup of tea as a friend
Third cup of tea as family
This is the Alice in Wonderland room. So delightful. We took our tea in the more formal room with the fireplace and it was lovely.
Letty, Katie, Katy K, Me, Lana, Grandma Wilma, Pat and Laura.
This was close to Laura’s birthday so it’s fun to honor her.
The ladies with their tea. That’s my sister Lana in the center photo. She treated us all on this day. She is so generous. Thank you Lana!
We were all happy with our food choices. Everything was excellent. Our tea included fresh scones with clotted cream, jam, and lemon curd, Soup and 1/2 Sandwich of our choice, and a dessert. Most of us had to take our dessert home.
Three Cups of Tea is worth a visit. You can pop in for breakfast, quick lunch or plan a more formal get-together. We’ll be back!
Thank you Lea for treating us like family. We appreciated you and your great staff!
We had a second visit to this tea room with a smaller group on Black Friday 2010
Again we were close to Laura’s birthday and it is always fun to enjoy something special with her.
We enjoyed this tea room twice and I think Laura and her mom visited another time, too. It is no longer in business.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
…three cups of tea, that very interesting.
Another lovely tea, Beautiful photos of your family and friends.
Happy Memorial Day weekend to you and yours.
A lovely place for tea. The polka dotted teapots are charming.
I’m thinking tea rooms don’t hold quite as much appeal to me here in this sub-tropical climate where I now live, but I do have a cup of hot tea most afternoons, here at home, both for the benefits of health and relaxation.
When I lived in Colorado, tea room visits with all the wonderful foods were a real delight, and especially during the holidays and colder weather.
I enjoyed all you shared here.
Nice tea post. I love tea rooms. Hard to find here though. BTW, did u leave a comment on Ripple Effects this morning? I thought I saw it for a few seconds then it disappeared.
Yes, I did.Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S23 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
Strange, your comment has disappeared.
Do you mind leaving it again, Ellen, because I was just about to read it and it disappeared on me! Must be a glitch in the WordPress system.
I left a new comment and I hope it didn’t disappear…
Another lovely tea room post. I love the polk-a-dot tea pots!!!
There’s something special about going to tea with friends and family. I’ve been able to go twice and unfortunately both places have closed. 😦 Looks like you had a great time!
Oh my goodness – I love those polka dot cups and pots!!