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  • Never having enough of pretty Tea-Tumblers
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    Never having enough of pretty Tea-Tumblers

    ByEleonora December 4, 2012April 15, 2026

    This eco-friendly thermos is my new “to-have” thing. And Holidays are coming up…If there is one thing I want it’s this. The problem is, I have so many tea-containers already…I just don’t know which one to use, even though I kind of function per phases. I have a phase with that one or that other one……

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  • Cha-yen aka «Thai Iced Tea» soooooo sweet & delicious!
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    Cha-yen aka «Thai Iced Tea» soooooo sweet & delicious!

    ByEleonora May 31, 2012April 15, 2026

    Follow my blog with Bloglovin If you ever been to a Thai restaurant in your area, you might have noticed this drink because of its flashy orange color. I’ve never heard of it before until I went to eat Thai with friends and a friend of mine order this drink. I was very curious because…

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  • How to properly store you tea
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    How to properly store you tea

    ByEleonora March 29, 2012April 15, 2026

    When you start “collecting” different loose teas, you’ll wonder where  and how to store it. Tea’s life, quality and flavor depends on quality storage. Tea will absorb odors, humidity and any sort of toxins in the air. Actually, that is also why I use my infused tea leaves to absorb bad odors in my fridge. Then I through them…

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  • How to purify the water of your cup of tea.
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    How to purify the water of your cup of tea.

    ByEleonora January 27, 2012

    Water is something we take so much for granted. We buy it in plastic bottles, we take endless showers, or just let it run for much longer than needed while we wash our dishes, or tea-ware. Everyone heard (or saw that video on youtube) of the Japanese Dr. Masaru‘s research on water, and his theory…

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  • Entering 2012 with some wisdom around Tea and Chinese culture.
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    Entering 2012 with some wisdom around Tea and Chinese culture.

    ByEleonora January 1, 2012May 12, 2026

    I will start the year with this post, I personally need to reflect on.  A friend of mine shared this quote on her Facebook wall. I think it reflects a lot on things I personally need to seriously consider as the New Year starts. “If you care about others, but they still remain aloof, then you should…

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  • Reviewing The Tea Steeping Tumbler with Tea Infuser
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    Reviewing The Tea Steeping Tumbler with Tea Infuser

    ByEleonora December 30, 2011April 15, 2026

    Here another Tea Tumbler I got after the Aladdin Travel Mug. First of all, I love the design of this one. It’s less bulky than the Aladdin one, it’s more colorful, (Also exists in Green) I kept the sticker for you guys 🙂 First of all, I have it for few weeks now, and tried to use…

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  • Aladdin Infuser Travel mug review (Few months of intensive use later)
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    Aladdin Infuser Travel mug review (Few months of intensive use later)

    ByEleonora December 30, 2011April 16, 2026

    It has been a while since I got my Aladdin Infuser mug. I said I would give it a month and then write a review and see how it actually is. If it’s worth your money etc… First of all. Before I could even celebrate the “one month” use of this mug, I dropped it…

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  • Meet my new Crush: my Aladdin Tea Infuser Mug
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    Meet my new Crush: my Aladdin Tea Infuser Mug

    ByEleonora August 7, 2011May 26, 2026

    ☀Meet my new toy ! I don’t need much to be happy and enjoy little things. I don’t need entertainment or action in my life. Yes I am quite boring. I do like to have some tea on the go. I got an Aladdin Tea Infuser as a present like a week or two ago and I…

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  • Introduction to Silver Needles also known as “white tea”
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    Introduction to Silver Needles also known as “white tea”

    ByEleonora June 18, 2011April 15, 2026

    Today, some friends wanted to go to that “New place” accross the street. Well it happened to be “Argo Tea“. I went to Argo tea once, and the day….well evening, I went there, I was having such a craving for white tea…It was so odd, who would crave for White Tea??? If not a tea…

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  • Grounded in the West Village not only offers Coffee, Tea…but also “Tea Sniffing”.
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    Grounded in the West Village not only offers Coffee, Tea…but also “Tea Sniffing”.

    ByEleonora June 15, 2011April 15, 2026

    The other day, a friend and I decided to go check out some Coffee places recommended by a blog called “Eatery Expert“. Even though Manhattan offers a large choice of ☕Coffee places☕, It does not mean “Quality” is that easy to find. And my friend is a “Barista” type, she lived in Austria for a…

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  • ITO EN Sencha or Oolong Shots
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    ITO EN Sencha or Oolong Shots

    ByEleonora June 12, 2011May 9, 2026

    The other day, I went to visit a friend of a friend of mine. This friend: Hisao Hanafusa, is a Japanese artist and has his atelier on 26th Street. You can actually read this NY Times article about shoji screens and also like his Facebook page, he really is the sweetest man. Anyway, we went there…

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  • NYC Bubble Tea 15 Years Later: Ten Ren vs Xing Fu Tang FiDi (2026)
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    NYC Bubble Tea 15 Years Later: Ten Ren vs Xing Fu Tang FiDi (2026)

    ByEleonora June 5, 2011May 11, 2026

    NYC Boba Then vs Now Latest Update: April 25, 2026 – Bubble tea’s still NYC’s obsession. Just yesterday, I tweeted about Xing Fu Tang opening in FiDi across from Printemps. Their brown sugar deerioca milk tea takes the classic to new heights—more on that below. Back in 2011, I first encountered bubble tea in Flushing, Queens. Every…

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