Harney & Sons tea flight in Soho NYC and a surprise street fair purchase from Cliosmithart

Stop 3 of 7 in NYC was Harney & Sons!

YAY!!  They are definitely in the top 5 of my favorite tea companies.


 I led a bus trip of 56 people to NYC this fall.  This is my second leading of this bus trip.  It is so much fun!

We leave my town in Ohio, at 10pm on a Friday night, drive all night.

Get dropped off in Chinatown around 6:30am.  Everyone gets to do their own thing around New York until around 9pm.

We are picked up at 9pm at Bryant Park, drive all night and get dropped off in my town at 6am Sunday morning.  All this for $185.00

I love the charter bus, red eye trip.  I am leading one this March to DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival.  This trip is only $165 per person.

Below is my tea map....I plan on stopping at least 9 tea shops in the 15 hours in NYC ( I did only make it to 7 cafes).

I walked to Harney & Sons from Maman.  It was beautiful day I was having so much fun watching people and looking at the fall leaves and decor...even a few Christmas windows were already popping up.  

Then I saw the hanging sign, I had arrived!!



I am not sure what I expected, but this was not it.  It is very much a tea store, with tea tastings in the back. I expected the tasting area to be larger and maybe more focus, but it was still very nice. 

https://www.harney.com/pages/the-soho-shop


Just look at the rows of teas!!


Here are some of the teas I could have tried...


Now, I would enjoy doing this all day!!!  Making these wonderful teas!


I looked when I got home and I could not believe I missed an Earl Grey flight of tea!!!  The photo below is from the website, I think I has to be different than the day I was there, lol!





Walls of tea.  What a dream.




This being the third tea of the day, you know I had to visit the restroom.  And I have to say- best bathroom vibe!! I love the look and colors of this bathroom.


I wanted to go with a flight of teas and scones.  My version of a Cream Tea.




I did the Celebration tea flight.

These were not all teas I loved, but I really enjoyed the tasting and the experience.


The white chocolate lavender scones with clotted cream were REALLY good too. They brought me back to my recent trip to England, the style, not the flavor.  Most scones in England were plain scones.   I may have enjoyed those more than the tea...sorry to say.


Wedding Tea was my favorite a 4 out of 5
Mother's Day, too much chamomile, I added syrup in this one 2 out of 5
Valentines Day, too much rose, 2 out of 5
Birthday Cake, hibiscus is too strong, there are too many flavors in this tea, 2 out of 5.


I was thrilled to visit the Harney & Tea shop in Soho.  I have to say the staff was not overly friendly, but the tea was prepared properly and the scones delicious!!  (And the bathroom was cute too).
I would go back again and try different tea, but get more scones for sure!



They had a variety of syrups to try in your tea.


I tried the lavender syrup!!!  I only added it to one of the teas, the Mothers Day Tea.









What a beautiful day!


I loved walking the streets of New York.


I stopped at this cute street fair.  I bought these great origami crane earrings from this crafter.  She learned to make these in Japan.  There were so many choices and options, but I went with the red crane.  The red crane just seemed to be iconic looking to me.

She was such a sweet gal, I enjoyed talking with her.  I hope her art does very well.

You can follow her on Instagram- Cliosmithart She does oil painting and origami.  She is very talented and does great work.

On a side note, I wore these to my Japanese tea and the lady noticed and commented on how much she liked them...win win. 

Here is a unique store I passed by while walking...


  

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Maman New York City, Pumpkin Pie Matcha Latte


How adorable is this place?

Stop 2 of 7 

 I led a bus trip of 56 people to NYC this fall.  This is my second leading of this bus trip.  It is so much fun!

We leave my town in Ohio, at 10pm on a Friday night, drive all night.

Get dropped off in Chinatown around 6:30am.  Everyone gets to do their own thing around New York until around 9pm.

We are picked up at 9pm at Bryant Park, drive all night and get dropped off in my town at 6am Sunday morning.  All this for $185.00

I love the charter bus, red eye trip.  I am leading one this March to DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival.  This trip is only $165 per person.

Below is my tea map....I plan on stopping at least 9 tea shops in the 15 hours in NYC ( I did only make it to 7 cafes).

I was headed to Maman for breakfast from Chinatown.  I saw two of the ladies from the bus trip sitting on a park bench.  I asked what they were doing, they said they weren't sure.  I invited them to walk the few blocks to this French cafe. I was excited they were up for the adventure with me.


When we walked in I saw all the incredible pastries.  They looked so amazing.  I thought at first we would have to get our breakfast to go.  But, then one of the ladies noticed the side hallway leading to a back room.
Turns out they have two rooms for guests to sit and eat in. 


https://mamannyc.com/




 

We were the first to arrive in this room.  I loved it immediately.  I felt like I was in a French cafe straight away.  I was so glad she saw that there was a room to sit in. I would not have wanted to miss eating here.




In house I started with a savory scone and Martha Stewarts Spiced Caramel Apple Cider.
The cider was great.

I also enjoyed a thyme, blueberry, goat cheese scone.  The scones were only $4.75, which I thought was a great price for NYC.
The scone was a little tough.  The flavors were ok, I wanted more goat cheese taste than was there.


The vibe was so great.  We had a great time getting to know each other.  They live a few towns over from me.  We found out we a had a lot in common.  I was so glad for this unexpected addition to my day.


I then got a Pumpkin Pie Matcha Latte to go.  There was a little too much cinnamon on the drink, but the flavor of the matcha was very nice.


I thoroughly enjoyed Maman.  Aside from the drier scone, everything was top notch.  This place is really cute and worth a stop. 


Even there to go cups are adorable and French looking.



As thank you for the trip and having breakfast with them, these sweet ladies bought me this adorable tea cup ornament!  I was very pleasantly surprised and incredibly touched.

I never knew that on the edge of Chinatown was Little Paris!  This quaint, fun place is in Little Paris.  










 

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