ADDRESS: 5200 Carnelian St., Alta Loma, CA 91701
TELEPHONE: (909) 749-9957
E-MAIL: TheFarmGuys@yahoo.com
The Farm Cottage Tea House is located within a residential home on Carnelian St, approximately 0.4 miles north of Hillside Rd. You'll find them on the west side just after you pass Hidden Farm Rd (how appropriate!). The house is actually right across the street from the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation.
Current owners Michael Dominguez and Terry Kuhel purchased the property in 2005 and have been working on the property over the years. Once the chickens came along, they started selling eggs to family, friends, and local residents. A dozen multi-color eggs will cost you $5.00. Over the past year or so, they eagerly worked on opening the tea house which is within a former horse stable and opened its doors on December 1st, 2016!
Reservations are required and can be made via phone call, email/online form. The tea house is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Their hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 11:00am to 4:00pm.
Prices range from $15.00 to $34.00 per person for tea.
They even have a "Little Princess/Prince" option at $23.00 which is catered for children. It includes the choice of a pot of tea, hot cocoa, iced or lemonade and the finger sandwiches include PB&J, Nutella or Honey, and Butter. It comes with ice cream and a cookie as the dessert.
On December 11th, I made a reservation for Wednesday December 28th at 11:00AM. My husband and I had the week off from work so I decided to take him here. I emailed Michael and he responded to my inquiry on the same day and also asked which menu item I was interested in. I decided to go with the "Full Tea" experience at $34.00 per person.
As we pulled into the driveway, there was a sign saying that they were on the farm somewhere and to call a phone number. As I was dialing the number, Terry came out to greet us and escorted us to the dining room.
The dining area was so adorable and there were many details and displays to admire.
The menu was already set, but my husband and I had to chose our flavor of tea. I usually pick a more fruity tea flavor but went with the "Nutcracker Sweet" and my husband got the "Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride". We had the option of putting sugar cubes, cream and/or lavender honey in with our tea. I literally drank my whole pot of tea and they asked if we wanted to try another kind, but I had no room! Everything I ate so so delicious.
- A Fresh Pot of Tea (for each person)
- Homemade Baked Scone (We got Ghirardelli White Chocolate & Cranberry)
- Homemade Preserves/Jam
- Homemade Sweet Devon Cream
- Homemade Lemon Curd
- Soup and Farm Garden Salad with ingredients from the garden
- Assortment of Finger Sandwiches (We got chicken salad, cucumber & cream cheese, red bell pepper, egg)
- Desserts (We got award-winning banana bread, mini-tarts, cookies)
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| My first cup of tea. |
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| Tomato Basil Soup and Salad with tomatoes from the garden |
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| Lavender Honey |
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| White Chocolate & Cranberry Scone |
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| "Full Tea" |
Our Full Tea experience took approximately 1 hour. After our meal, Terry took us on a short tour of the farm and explained a bit about its history. He showed us the green house of orchids, vegetable garden, and introduced us to some of the animals including their two horses named Cody and Amos, a huge male turkey named Pilgrim and their 4 rescued Chihuahuas.
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| A goose on the farm. |
I'm totally impressed and maybe a little obsessed now. We ended up hanging around the farm for another 20 minutes or so on the grounds watching the animals. I'll definitely be back again with my mom and sister as well as for some of those fresh eggs!
Note that they can also host special events here like bridal showers, birthday parties and soon even weddings!
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