ITO EN Sencha Shot Review (and the Oolong Shot)
ITO EN Sencha Shot is an unsweetened Japanese green tea in a 6.4 oz can with about 40 mg of caffeine. How it tastes and what is in it.
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NYC Bubble Tea 15 Years Later: Ten Ren vs Xing Fu Tang FiDi (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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Ten Ren Tea in Chinatown: Buying Taiwanese Oolong in NYC
Ten Ren on Mott Street was my first stop for Taiwanese oolong in NYC. What I bought, what the shop is like, and how the city’s tea scene has changed.
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Kawanecha Meicha by Mariages Frères
Updated with current notes from Mariage Frères (2026) Kawanecha Meicha is a Japanese green tea from Mariage Frères. I first discovered it in Paris at the boutique near Place des Ternes on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The shop felt elegant, quiet, and welcoming. The aroma of tea filled every room. It quickly became one of…
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A Cup of Pouchong: Taiwan’s Lightest Oolong
Pouchong, or Baozhong, is a lightly oxidized oolong from northern Taiwan with a floral taste close to green tea. Notes on Ten Ren’s Third Grade Pouchong.
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Sharing some Yixing Passion
The first time I’ve heard of Yixing Clay and Yixing teapots, it’s was like “Love at the first sight”. I know it sounds kind of extreme. But, if I was a collector of anything, that would be ‘THE’ thing for me to collect and decorate my entire house with. Yes this is a true passion,…
