Delicate cherry blossoms are appearing all around Vancouver to announce the arrival of Spring. Celebrate Cherry Blossom Festival with all of your senses at The Urban Tea Merchant’s Sakura Afternoon Tea series.
The Urban Tea Merchant is pleased to work with the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival to raise funds for planting even more Cherry Blossom trees around our beautiful city. They will donate $1.50 from every Sakura Afternoon Tea sold in the months of March and April to this very worthwhile community legacy.
Enter to win a complimentary Sakura Afternoon Tea Service for two below. Ends on Friday, March 25th.
In addition, The Urban Tea Merchant makes effort to support the relief efforts in Japan. “Several of our Japanese customers and staff have been deeply affected with the disaster in Japan. The Urban Tea Merchant want to provide hope in the wake of a disaster. As part of the relief efforts, we will be donating $1.50 for every full priced Signature Afternoon Tea service from March 11 – April 15 to Kesennuma city which is in the Miyagi prefecture (province) where one of our staff member’s family has been directly effected.”
Treat yourself to their limited time Sakura Afternoon Tea or their Signature Afternoon Tea service to support these great causes. Here is a peek of what to expect.
Indulge your senses in an array of aromatic teas, tiers of dainty pastries, finger sandwiches, and sweets. These tea experts are dedicated to fine teas and use them generously to flavour the food. Their white tea sorbet and champagne infused tea are delightful palate ticklers before the tea menu arrives.
The tea-infused eggs in the egg salad sandwiches was a highlight. Tea leaves also lend a subtle smokiness to the chicken salad that were served in mini green tea cones. After nibbling on savory quiches, cheeses, and fluffy scones, the experience was wrapped up with an offering of French macarons and fine chocolates.
Sakura Festival Events at The Urban Tea Merchant
Every Saturday from 2:00 – 4:00 pm between now and April 2 we present you special performances at our Salon de Thé to celebrate the welcoming of spring.
Vancouver – Alberni Street
March 12: Japanese Flutist
March 19: Harpist
March 26: Japanese Cherry Blossom Dancers
The Village at Park Royal
March 12: Japanese Cherry Blossom Dancers
March 19: Japanese Flutist
March 26: Harpist
For a special experience reserve your Sakura Afternoon Tea during one of the Sakura Festival Events. Call now because seating is limited.
Update: Congratulations to the winners: Dilara Litonjua and Henry Jue! Enjoy your Sakura Afternoon Tea Services.
There are 3 ways to enter so use them all to increase your chances.
1) Comment below and tell us your favourite tea.
2) Enter through Twitter:
- Follow @VanFoodTour and @Urban_Tea for updates
- Tweet: Win 2 Sakura Afternoon Teas @Urban_Tea from @VanFoodTour http://ow.ly/4jLgW
3) Enter through Facebook:
- Tell us your favourite tea on Vancouver Food Tour’s wall
- Visit The Urban Tea Merchant on Facebook too!
Prize: 1 of 2 Complimentary Sakura Afternoon Tea Service for two from March 26th – April 2nd
Deadline to enter: March 25th (Friday) at noon. The winner will be drawn at random and contacted on the same day.
Best of luck!
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Hello! My favourite tea is mint tea because it’s relaxing but rejuvenating enough to pep me up!
my favorite tea is still the english breakfast – i love it with milk and a little bit of sugar :)
Tribute by Urban Tea is my favourite blend! Best mix of chocolate and marzipan. Mmmm <3
I love tea period! Oolong, Mint, and everything else from the Urban Tea Merchant….
I enjoy Earl Grey tea daily, since I am not a coffee drinker…but I also enjoy peppermint and lemon and berry ZINGERS!
My favourite is Thai Ice Tea with honey and a touch of carnation evaporated milk over ice! Yummy
fav tea is green tea!
I love earl grey teas. Smokey ones from europe, infused ones, in london fog. Its great stuff!
Earl grey is my favourite for sure.
Jasmine pearls! Love how delicate it tastes!
My favourite is Chai tea!!!
My favourite tea is Black tea with Apple pieces from Harrods (no longer produced) because my next door neighbour used to have me over for tea when I was younger. I used the last of it this past week!
My favorite is the Peche Mignon! It was love at first scent.
Now, this is a challenge. My favourite tea is Sencha Green Tea. I just had a wonderful cup at Boulevard at UBC! Jasmine Green Tea and Cream Earl Grey are close seconds!
ginger peach tea
I absolutely love the Bhagalpur at the Urban Tea Merchant – it’s my favorite tea!
I love genmaicha while my bf prefers mint tea.
I love peppermint tea!
my fave tea is chamomile
I LOVE jasmine tea – the purer the better.
My favorite is cream earl grey tea! :)
my fave tea is mixing green tea with a strawberry/lemon herbal infusion.
1. matcha. so good in a rich frothy traditional tea, in a latte, desserts, cremes, boba tea…
2. creamy maple black tea. natural sweetness; comfort in a cup.
Right now I’m a Moroccan peppermint tea kind of gal. But I’m also very partial to white floral teas. And real Indian-style chai. I could go on…. :)
I love the smokiness and otherworldly aroma of Lapsang Souchong!
I love your So Long, Oolong tea, yum yum!!! But it’s not just yum it also helps loosing weight! :-)
@ArtsySportsy I loooove Pu-erh tea and the Thé-O d’Or teas.
i definitely love jasmine and chrysanthemum (sp??) tea! or anything with chocolate gets my thumbs up.
My favorite tea is chrysanthemum tea.
My favorite tea has to be jasmine green tea =) Hmmmhm floral
i <3 tea :) favourite would be earl grey (any kind!) with a spot of milk. and finger sandwiches and sweets to go with it. ;)
I love berries-infused in green or black tea!
I love chais infused with almost anything :)
Green tea… good for you AND tastes good too. Genmaicha, if we want to be specific.
My current faves are Scottish Breakfast from Granville island tea and Earl Grey, a lifelong love. Thanks for the contest!
It’ll have to be any kind of rooibos with hints of fruit. Mmm…
My favourite tea I’ve had recently was this jasmine green that was beautifully perfumed from Urban Tea, although I can’t remember any of the specifics. All I know is it was delicious and it was suggested to me for making infused vodka.. yum!
English breakfast. Sipping it right now!
Favorite is matcha followed by Vanilla Rooibos.
I love Earl Grey :)