Tea in New-York

Hi Sometime ago I posted a mini-review of tea places in NY. Now I updated it and you can find my reviews here:

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Aeyal

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Just any FYI Aeyal, TeaNY is no longer owned by Moby. He has since relinquished his ownership to Kelly his ex, and they have chopped the menu down to only basic fare such as sandwiches since they no longer have a cook. They still have scones but the vegan fare is nothing real awe-inspiring. The atmosphere is severely lacking and the staff are pretty close to useless. It is now one of those places where the "hip & trendy" who don't really know where to go to be hip & trendy go IMO.

- Dominic Drinking: Lipton green label DJ

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Dominic, I agree with your account. Teany never was a place to take tea seriously since it's often crowded and since the wait staff know little to nothing about tea/s. However, as you may know, The Tea Gallery is less than two blocks away from Teany, and they are *the* paramount place to enjoy tea in NYC.

131 Allen Street. But, don't rush because they will be on vacation until Friday AFAIK. Michael
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heh, OK we all know how bitterly that stings me ;) I walked probably two miles just to find TeaNY and with a dead cell phone that housed the address of The Tea Gallery. So after my disappointment with TeaNY, I walked about 4 more miles in a spiral pattern to find The Tea Gallery... which I never did. I knew greatness was so close but couldn't find it. I still cry myself to sleep when I think about it, so thanks Michael... I'll think of you as I wring my pillow out tomorrow morning.

- Dominic

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Oh, now now. Let's just say we're saving the best until next time. I'm sure there will be one. Michael

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Thanks for the updates, will check up the Tea Gallery next time....!

As to Teany: my first impression of it (that you read) was three years ago, about a year ago I revisited and felt more or less like you described, that it was less interesting and the staff knew little about the teas. But this year I was there twice in July and actually thought there was improvement - the server knew about the different teas and explained to us some differences between them and the tea was good. I did not really check out the food menu as it was just before dinner in Great NY Noodletown... But it was pleasent enough to sit there....

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Aeyal Gross

Aeyal,

I understand you are situated in Tel Aviv. As I'm about to visit my girlfriend in late november (she's participating in an exchange program of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) - I wondered if you knew any favorable places for oriental tea in Jerusalem and/or Tel Aviv?

regards, Patrick

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by "oriental tea" you mean? As to the rather grim tea situation in Israel see

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Aeyal Gross schrieb:

ah...sorry for that. What I had in mind were tea shops / rooms that that offer tea as it is traditionally served in the region. I am vaguely familiar with mixtures of blacks and greens with mint teas - mostly drunken inedible sweet, but wondered whether the /local/ tea culture had more to offer.

Thanks for the links, btw. I think I'll give that Hua To Tea House a try.

Patrick

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The Chinese tea house I mentioned you want to give a try- I am not sure if it is still operating! But try...

Many north African restaurnts will serve tea like this, or different blends under name like "Tunisian tea" etc. There is no speciality tea house that will, except maybe one in Jerusalem that I heard of - I'll check the details.

Also, in most restaurants and cafes in Israel you can get tea (from teabags) with fresh mint leaves (called "nana") added.

There is a new "proper" tea house in Jerusalem that is mentioned in the thread - I have yet to visit it, and a new one in Tel Aviv, which I also have yet to visit.

Aeyal

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Aeyal Gross

OK the place you may want, which I did not visit yet is called Yan's tea house Schopen St no 5, Jerusalem open from 5 pm tel 02 5612054 It may have those middle eastern herbs/teas you are looking for

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Aeyal,

thanks a lot for your efforts. I'll drop by that place on Schopen Street if I get a chance. My girlfriend seems to be already addicted to Nana, so I'm looking forward to that, too.

Looks like one just has to stroll through town with an open mind.

Thank you again, Patrick

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Patrick Heinze

Enjoy, I will go and check it out one day when I make it to Jerusalem! Re Nana - which is a type of mint - my preference is actually to usually ask the servers to bring me an infusion of hot water with a nice bunch of the fresh leave, rather than with tea from a teabag and then the leaves added to that. This way I get the nice herbal infusion of the mint without the mediocre tea in a tea bag they usually have. As I said most cafes and many restaurants in Israel will have that - "tea with nana" is very popular here...

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Aeyal Gross

Will this qualify for the list?

I use their on-line store only. I live in Ohio (not NY), but I read some good reports on them ..

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