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Mother’s Day Tea Luncheon with Maine Tasting Center

A Maine-Made Tea Luncheon

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Mother's Day Tea Attendee Includes train fare, tea luncheon, and parking at Sheepscot
$47.50

Celebrate Mother’s Day with a tea luncheon featuring seasonal Maine-grown and Maine-made ingredients! The luncheon, catered by Maine Tasting Center, will include savory bites, scones and sweets – and plenty of tea, of course! Learn about and enjoy the flavors of iconic Maine products – blueberries, maple syrup, artisan cheeses, farm-fresh produce, seafood and more – while participating in a traditional tea service in a beautiful outdoor pavilion nestled in the fields of Alna, Maine. A small selection of festive, local wines will be available to purchase onsite for guests ages 21+.

Tickets ($47.50 per person) include:
– A trip aboard the historic narrow gauge railway from Sheepscot Station to the event and return;
– A full-service tea luncheon (sample menu below)
– Parking at Sheepscot Station

Menu:

Specific dishes subject to change based on seasonality and availability.

Teas:

  • Great Wave Green Tea – Cup of Sea
  • Emerald Honeybush Tea – Cup of Sea
  • Wild Maine Blueberry Fruit Tea – Bar Harbor Tea Company
  • New England Maple Black Tea – Bar Harbor Tea Company
  • Accompaniments – Cream, Oat Milk & Sugar

Savories:

  • Mini Quiche with Spring Vegetables
  • Cucumber/Spring Radish and Lemon Butter Finger Sandwiches
  • Date Nut Tea Bread with Goat Cheese and Bacon Crumbles

Scones:

  • Maine Blueberry Scone with Chantilly Cream and Peach Lavender Jam

Sweets:

  • Pannacotta with Strawberry-Rhubarb sauce
  • Swedish Blueberry Almond Bars
  • Homemade Maple Walnut Needhams

About Maine Tasting Center:

Explore Maine’s iconic food and drink industries, producers and the associations that represent them at Maine Tasting Center. Their welcoming campus in Wiscasset is your one-stop-shop for learning about – and sampling! – the most delicious food and drink products Maine has to offer. Visitors are encouraged to sign up for a class in the Learning Center, visit the Tasting Room for beer, wine, cocktails and small plates, or drop in for a special event.

About the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway:

Ride over the Sheepscot Valley’s Narrow Gauge Railway aboard a historic steam train for a trip back in time. Explore our facilities and workshops where exploration is encouraged and inquisitiveness is rewarded. Experience the nearly-lost art of running and maintaining a steam powered narrow gauge railroad.


Passes, Vouchers and Discounts

We will be pleased to honor passes redeemed as the base portion of the train fare on the Mother’s Day Tea Luncheon with Maine Tasting Center. Upon checkout, please select the appropriate discount for a Lifetime Pass, an Annual Pass, Alna Resident, or similar pass.