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Tea

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Year of the Takeout Day 144: Saint's Alp Teahouse

    Radish Fritters from Saint's Alp Teahouse (39 Third Avenue, 212-598-1890)

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Taste Test: Kung Fu Bubble Tea

    Fork in the Road headed to Kung Fu Tea in the East Village yesterday for a taste of their bubble milk tea ($3). Our verdict: compared to its East Village bubble tea counterparts, Kung Fu reigns superior. The shop is owned by Taiwanese management and unlike neighboring Taiwanese joints T-Kettle and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Tea Room's Kombucha Party in Williamsburg

    Tea Room, a kombucha bar (yes, you read right, a bar dedicated almost exclusively to serving kombucha), just opened in Williamsburg last week, according to Grub Street. It sells six types of kombucha, all prettily named: Sunset Peach, Jasmine Pearl, Gingerly Love, Chocolate Tart, Silver Needle Jasmi ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 25, 2012

    THE GREAT INDOORS

    Enjoy the pleasure of going outside (without going outside)

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    What's Happening This Week: Charity Wine Tasting

    Maslow 6's Charity Tasting At this Tribeca wine shop (211B West Broadway), a tasting will help fund a music education non-profit -- the Harmony Foundation. Starting at 6 p.m. Monday, attendees can sample wines, meats, cheeses, and live music. Ten percent of the proceeds will be donated to the group ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    David's Tea Now Caffeinating Bleecker Street

    Canadian company David's Tea is setting its sights across the border, having expanded into New York City: 275 Bleecker Street (212-414-8599) is home to the newest branch of the chain, which has kept Canada caffeinated with its many blends of tea.

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Live: Yelawolf Carries On The Shady Records Legacy

    Jennifer Yin​Yelawolf Brisk Bodega Saturday, September 17 Better than: Your neighborhood bodega. If the Smithsonian upped its cool factor and wrangled a sponsorship from a multinational corporation looking to promote its iced tea line, the result might be the Brisk Bodega, a made-over ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 7, 2011

    Roger Daltry

    Jennifer Yin​Yelawolf Brisk Bodega Saturday, September 17 Better than: Your neighborhood bodega. If the Smithsonian upped its cool factor and wrangled a sponsorship from a multinational corporation looking to promote its iced tea line, the result might be the Brisk Bodega, a made-over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    It's Hot. Drink Something Cold.

    This is what a Google Image search for "ice tea" got us.​Say what you will about the temperatures outside, it's a banner day for cold beverages. And as luck would have it, Harold McGee has taken the time to answer readers' questions about coffee and tea over at Diner's Journal. We recommend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Steve's Ice Cream Is Being Reborn in the Blue Marble Space, and Giving Mix-Ins the Brooklyn Artisanal Treatment

    Steve's​If you grew up in Boston, you probably grew up with Steve's Ice Cream, the Somerville store that is credited with introducing Americans to the concept of both premium ice cream and mix-ins. When owner Steve Herrell decided in 1973 to smoosh bits of Heath Bar Crunch into his scoops, he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Vietnamese Artichoke Tea Isn't Just for Drinking

    ​Artichokes seem like the last thing you'd want to make tea out of. The products of the Hung Phat herbal tea company are prominently displayed in nearly every one of the city's mega-Asian supermarkets in Chinatown, Sunset Park, and Flushing.

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Ask the Critics: Where Can I Get a Spot of Tea?

    Lauren ShockeyA pot of tea for two at Podunk.​Ellen O. Asks: Do you have any suggestions for places to have afternoon tea? I want something fun in Manhattan, but low-key -- not the Plaza Hotel. Dear Ellen: Coffee might be running through the veins of New Yorkers, but there's nothing like a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Fort Greene Coffee Snobs, Rejoice: WTF Brings First-Rate Java to the Neighborhood (Baked Goods Coming Soon)

    Chantal MartineauWTF? Espresso, silly.​It used to be judged by the existence of a wine bar. Then, maybe, a cocktail lounge. Now, the way to be sure a neighborhood has arrived is when it gets a proper coffee bar. WTF in Fort Greene is serving not only excellent espresso prepared by skilled bari ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    What to Drink at Xiao Ye: The Twinkie

    Each week in The Daily Shot, we have ourselves a drink that we think you should try, too. The Twinkie at Xiao Ye​​​The drink: The Twinkie The bar: Xiao Ye, 198B Orchard Street The price: $8 The ingredients: Green tea, fresh lemon juice, honey, Citron Sochu, served over ice in a tall g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Harney & Sons to Open a Tea House in Soho

    patrick_george/flickrGive me a tea.​Harney & Sons Fine Teas, whose more than 250 different types of tea, including iced versions, can be found in gourmet shops and fine dining establishments the world over, is opening its first tea house in New York City by late fall or early winter.

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    The Next Big Small Brand Contest Returns to Fuel Dreams of Artisanal Glory

    ​A year after it helped propel Kombucha Brooklyn into the artisanal niche-marketing stratosphere, the Next Big Small Brand Contest is back.

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Gardeners Storm City Hall; Kombucha Back on Shelves

    ​Gardeners rallied outside City Hall in response to the city's proposed rules that will soon govern roughly 300 community gardens in an effort to ensure the gardens remain open. [Wall Street Journal] Kombucha maker Vibranz is the first producer to be back on the shelves at Whole Foods, after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Where Am I Eating? Saint's Alp Teahouse

    Fried daikon cake fritters. ​Alas, the dish I picked this week was just too indistinct-looking for a good game of Where Am I Eating? (Someone often guesses correctly within the first hour, so I was trying to be tricky.) Those pepper-flecked nubs of fried stuff are actually daikon radish cake ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 20, 2010

    SHAKESPEARE IN PROSPECT PARK

    EBE Ensemble presents Julius Caesar

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Why I Give Starbucks A Fake Name

    ​Order anything more complicated than a simple cup of coffee at Starbucks, and it happens. They want a name. For some of us, that's when the trouble starts. Recently, I realized that I wasn't the only one who had tired of being asked how to spell a name that people find difficult to handle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    In Praise of Ovaltine

    ​"You're Keats, you're Shelley, you're Ovaltine," goes the Cole Porter song You're the Top. Although you can buy your own tub of the malted milk powder at the supermarket, it's more fun to grab a warming cup of it at any Hong Kong-style cafe or bakery, where, among the buttered toast sandwiche ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Strange Snacks of the World: Japanese Green Tea Kit Kat Bar

    ​The name almost means "You will win" in Japanese. A friend was passing through Tokyo's Narita Airport recently. Feeling a little peckish and having barely enough time to catch her plane, she sidled over to a candy kiosk.

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    The Early Word: Chinatown Cake Club

    The Chinatown Cake Club's first menu​ Normally, the Early Word visits brick and mortar establishments whose whereabouts and opening hours are accessible to the general public. But at a time when it seems that every other baker or wannabe baker is attempting to recreate more or less the same fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    $15 Million Suit Charges Russian Tea Room Chef "Pinched Nipples," Etc.

    ​Everyone who's ever worked in one knows that restauranteurs are assholes, and the recent revelation that the owner of Paradou is one didn't shock us. Neither are we shocked to learn the chef at the Russian Tea Room is apparently crazy. (It's all that heat and responsibility -- they're like su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Getting the Full (Yes, Full) English Breakfast at Brooklyn's Black Horse Tavern

    Don't forget the fried bread​ When New York magazine published a photo of what it labeled an English breakfast without fried bread, beans, or black pudding, the Guardian's Tim Hayward got his panties in a bundle. The carb-less plate caused him to huff: The nation that convinced itself that Be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Park Slope Banh Mi Wars: Hanco's Vs. Henry's

    Left: Hanco's classic bahn mi with pate, ham, and ground pork; Right: Henry's version of same​ As we reported earlier, there is a gen-u-ine banh mi war going down in Park Slope, and nothing could be more titillating. Fork in the Road, reporting from the scene, thought that it was obvious tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Posts of the Week

    Hello and welcome to Friday afternoon--here are some of our favorite posts from the week. Go out and get yourself some gelato and pig's feet this weekend. We brought you to foodie events all over the city over the holiday weekend. We suggested that you BYOB a bottle of Gutedel to Zaytoons. We br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    High Tech, Highly Delicious Cocktails at FCI--Plus, Tips for Home

    This morning at the French Culinary Institute, Nils Noren and Dave Arnold showed me around their cocktail lab, where they are turning a high-tech, molecular gastronomy-ish eye to drinks. Noren worked at Aquavit for ten years, and is now the vice president of culinary and pastry arts at FCI. Arnold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Memorial Day Weekend Must-Haves (Not Really)

    Planning on breaking out the BBQ this weekend? Perhaps. Gearing up for some midday suds? Definitely. Check out these fun and deliciously superfluous gadgets to spice up your holiday weekend You never can find a beer when you need one. Avoid the problem entirely by wearing your brewskies around yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    How To Live On Less Than Four Dollars a Day

    I'm so sick of all these media reports about how to live on $50 spending money a day. Please! Even before the recession, I basically ate rancid tacos and drank dish water--anything to save a buck and keep my real money invested. And nowadays, if you're extra vigilant, it's truly possible to eat perf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Bahn Mi Inflation?

    Fucked in Park Slope blog (via Eater) reports that the highly anticipated Hanco's in Park Slope (350 7th Avenue, Brooklyn) finally opened this weekend, but all is not right beneath the pate. A look at the menu for the new Hanco's location reveals that the sandwiches are going for $7, and an original ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    Photos: The Muggabears, Salt & Samovar, Grizzly Bear DJ

    Fucked in Park Slope blog (via Eater) reports that the highly anticipated Hanco's in Park Slope (350 7th Avenue, Brooklyn) finally opened this weekend, but all is not right beneath the pate. A look at the menu for the new Hanco's location reveals that the sandwiches are going for $7, and an original ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    Now Hiring: Adour, Kingswood, Yakitori Taisho

    Fucked in Park Slope blog (via Eater) reports that the highly anticipated Hanco's in Park Slope (350 7th Avenue, Brooklyn) finally opened this weekend, but all is not right beneath the pate. A look at the menu for the new Hanco's location reveals that the sandwiches are going for $7, and an original ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2008

    Photos: Kate Nash at Bowery Ballroom, 1.9.08

    Fucked in Park Slope blog (via Eater) reports that the highly anticipated Hanco's in Park Slope (350 7th Avenue, Brooklyn) finally opened this weekend, but all is not right beneath the pate. A look at the menu for the new Hanco's location reveals that the sandwiches are going for $7, and an original ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2007

    Bill O'Reilly Shocked that Sylvia's Harlem Restaurant is Normal

    Fucked in Park Slope blog (via Eater) reports that the highly anticipated Hanco's in Park Slope (350 7th Avenue, Brooklyn) finally opened this weekend, but all is not right beneath the pate. A look at the menu for the new Hanco's location reveals that the sandwiches are going for $7, and an original ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2007

    Olive Drumsticks hit the East Village, Finally

    Fucked in Park Slope blog (via Eater) reports that the highly anticipated Hanco's in Park Slope (350 7th Avenue, Brooklyn) finally opened this weekend, but all is not right beneath the pate. A look at the menu for the new Hanco's location reveals that the sandwiches are going for $7, and an original ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2007

    Last Meal: Aar Sanchez and his granny

    Fucked in Park Slope blog (via Eater) reports that the highly anticipated Hanco's in Park Slope (350 7th Avenue, Brooklyn) finally opened this weekend, but all is not right beneath the pate. A look at the menu for the new Hanco's location reveals that the sandwiches are going for $7, and an original ... More >>

  • NYC Life

    August 28, 2007

    Aarón Sanchez's Last Meal

    Back to the table of his abuela

  • Music

    July 31, 2007

    Salt & Samovar's Old Joy New Joy

    Bucolic Brooklynites craft odes to joy and unavoidable misery

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2007

    It's a Good One: The Japanese Snowcone

    Bucolic Brooklynites craft odes to joy and unavoidable misery

  • Art

    February 27, 2007

    Let There Be Lite

    Melt your winter heft with dosa, tea, and something nice 'n' stinky

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2006

    It's a Good One: Green Tea Popcorn

    Melt your winter heft with dosa, tea, and something nice 'n' stinky

  • NYC Life

    August 22, 2006

    Something Fishy in Boerum Hill

    Melt your winter heft with dosa, tea, and something nice 'n' stinky

  • NYC Life

    August 15, 2006

    Close-Up on Flushing, Queens

    Melt your winter heft with dosa, tea, and something nice 'n' stinky

  • Music

    October 18, 2005

    Back to the Meat-and-Three

    Country folkie maps a gorgeous line from Nashville to New York

  • NYC Life

    May 31, 2005

    Sun on Woman

    I was having an iced tea, just one of those things. Then it snowballed.

  • Books

    March 15, 2005

    Books

    I was having an iced tea, just one of those things. Then it snowballed.

  • NYC Life

    September 9, 2003

    Booze Cruise

    Ten Inventive Signature Cocktails Shake Things Up This Fall

  • NYC Life

    January 8, 2002

    Listings

    Ten Inventive Signature Cocktails Shake Things Up This Fall

  • News

    March 14, 2000

    Mind Body Spirit: Time for Tea

    Ten Inventive Signature Cocktails Shake Things Up This Fall

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