Located at Arashiyama, famous place of scenic beauty in western part of Kyoto City, Anna Maria is an ideal place for tea lovers.

 

Pass through the gate of a traditional Japanese style residence and cross a cozy moss garden by the stepping-stones,

 then, once you open the sliding door of Anna Maria, you will find completely another dimension of western style teahouse.

 

Also available are tables at Japanese style veranda facing moss garden as well as a cozy Tatami room (for five to six persons).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There we serve authentic tea imported directly from India and Sri Lanka together with simple homemade sweets made of selected materials.

 

Please do visit us and enjoy authentic tea and sweets along with the international service in superb atmosphere in traditional Japanese setting.

We serve and sell selected pure teas directly from India and Sri Lanka via fair transactions at the tea auctions at Calcutta and Colombo.

 

For your easiness of choice, we have carefully narrowed down to about ten kinds of tea leaves from the variety of best quality teas, and the quality has been highly appreciated by connoisseur all over Japan as well as from foreign countries.

 

We serve all teas as 100% pure, straight from tea garden, non-blended and non-flavored so that you can enjoy the characteristic features of taste, flavor and color of liquor of each tea.

 

 

Teas from India

 

Darjeeling Tea

Enjoy the characteristic light golden liquor and muscatel flavor of "Champagne of Indian Tea". We serve First Flush, Second Flush and Autumnal.

 

Assam

Enjoy the rich flavor and full-bodied sweetness brewed by the best quality full leaf tea with abundant golden tips. 

Also available on sale is Assam CTC (Curled, Torn and Crushed) grade for easy brewing at your home.

 

Nilgiri

Enjoy the refreshing flavor and taste like the flavor of alpine flower. The name Nilgiri has the meaning of "blue mountains".

 

 

Ceylon Tea　（Teas from Sri Lanka）

  

Uva

Enjoy the rich flavor called "Menthol Flavor", taste, astringency and liquor.

 

Dimbula

Enjoy the fragrance like rose and plain taste which suits everybody.

 

Nuwara Eliya

Enjoy the refined flavor and taste of the "Champagne of Ceylon Tea".

 

Silver Tips

Enjoy the delicate, luxurious and precious flavor and taste as well as the very interesting appearance while brewed in a transparent glass pot.

 

Silver Tips is a luxury grade tea, composed of tender buds selectively plucked from a special tea strain which can be grown only at a certain type of soil in the elevations between 2,000 and 4,000 feet above sea level.

 

Silver Tips is also available in 50 gram package as an unusual present for someone who has everything!

Teas

 

Teas from India                       (Pot/Person)

Darjeeling　　    　　　　             　　   　　\950

Assam                                                                           　　  \900

Nilgiri                                                                           　　  \850

 

Teas from Ceylon

Uva                                              \850

Dimbula                                          \850

Nuwara Eliya                                   　\850

Organic Uva                                                                            \850

 

Milk Teas

Royal Milk Tea (Tea simmered with milk)            \900

Indian Milk Tea (Chai)   　                     　 \900

 

Premium Teas

Silver Tips                                              \1,350

Premium Darjeeling      　                      \1,200

Premium Assam                                    \1,100

 

Iced Teas

Iced Royal milk Tea                                                       　　 \950

Grapefruit Separate Tea                                              　   \950

Iced Darjeeling (Water-Extracted First Flush Darjeeling Tea)                                               \950

 

For Children

Fruit Juice                                                                       　　 \500

Milk (Hot / Cold)                                                             　　 \500

Homemade Sweets

 

Chiffon Cake (Darjeeling Chiffon / Plain Chiffon)               \500    

                                                                                                      *(\700)

   *(　　) shows the price for cake only without ordering any tea.

 

Enjoy the soft and tasty chiffon made of eggs of floor-fed chicken, prepared without using any additives such as baking powder, coloring gent etc.

 

Cheese Cake                                                                                   \450

                                                           *(\550)

   *(　　) shows the price for cake only without ordering any tea.

 

Enjoy the rich flavor and taste of high quality cheese, prepared without using sugar.

 

  Scone                                                              \250/piece

Enjoy the delicious taste, prepared using high quality butter, prepared without adding any vegetable fats and oils or water.

 

 

Seasonal Special Menu

 

Spring: (During the high season for outdoor strawberry)

Strawberry Tea

Enjoy the harmony of Fresh Strawberry and High Quality Tea.　

 

Summer:

Set of Water-Extracted Iced Darjeeling and Tea Jerry

Enjoy the refreshing coolness of Water-Extracted Iced Darjeeling Tea and Jerry made of Nilgiri Tea.

 

Autumn: (During the high season for Ruby Apple)

Apple Tea

Enjoy the harmony of rich flavor of Fresh Organic Apple and Organic Tea.