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Tea or Chocolate?

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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 2:47 AM
To: info@teaandsympathynewyork.com
Subject: Tea Query

Dear Friends,
A friend of mine suggested i contact you in case you had any suggestions. I have been searching for a certain Assam tea ever since i purchased (and drank!) a wooden box of organic Assam tea from Harrod's in London. Every other Assam i've tried just does not compare. Would you be able to special order this specific tea, or know if it's packaged under another brand? I'm local in Queens so i'm able to stop by your shop if you sell it!
Thank you in advance.

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From: contact@teaandsympathynewyork.com

Hi Jeannie,
Thanks for the email. I'm afraid we cannot help - we do sell a range of teas including Assam tea but it is not organic and not Harrods. Why not stop by anyway - you may find something you like?

Best regards,
T&S

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Sadness! I will stop by the Tea and Sympathy shop in the West Village some time this winter with A$ anyways. I like scones and sandwiches and want to try "Welsh Rarebit" and "Bubble and Squeak," in addition to tasting some of their teas. I also want to go back to Teany on the LES. Their food is actually really good, in addition to being all vegetarian or vegan. Last time i was there, be and i barely escaped a rainstorm to meet up with A$ and Darian. I think i had a "peanut butter bomb" cake but wished i ordered be's goat cheese sandwich, which was the real bomb that time.

But first i must try this hot chocolate everyone keeps raving about from the City Bakery in Union Square. Two separate people proclaimed it's "the best chocolate i've ever had," while two more insist one should be wary of addiction. I've been to City Bakery twice for lunch but didn't know about this amazing hot chocolate. For a while we were really into Mariebelle, a shop that specializes in artistic chocolate candies as well as hot chocolate. Kavita (of cornbread fame) introduced the whole staff to the wonders of their cardamon and coconut flavored chocolate pieces. You can either order the hot chocolate "American style" which is a richer version of hot milky chocolatey beverage, OR be insane and order it "European style" (be says it's really "Aztec style") which is essentially a small shot of melted dark chocolate bar. It's thick and super dense since there is no milk to water it down. I have 2 small tins of it and it sure lasts a long time!

posted by beXn @ 10:39 PM