Field Notes

  • Reviewing The Tea Steeping Tumbler with Tea Infuser

    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…

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

    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…

  • Meet my new Crush: my Aladdin Tea Infuser Mug

    ☀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…

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

    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…

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

    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…

  • ITO EN Sencha or Oolong Shots

    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…

  • 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. XING Fu tang just opened in FiDi across printemps pic.twitter.com/wdkp0XYCio — War…

  • Ten Ren Oolong

    Well, it’s not the first time I mentioned this place (Ten Ren). Someone form Twitter recommended to me once, and I decided to take a look at it, and bought these 2 Oolongs. Pouchong on the left and Basic Green Oolong on the right. They don’t have that much of a choice, just a couple…

  • Kawanecha Meicha by Mariages Frères

    This Green Tea is available at Mariages Frères. I am not sure about where to find it in the U.S but I got mine in Paris near Place des Ternes, on the 260 Rue Fbg St Honoré location. Their store is super cute, it was the only one i was going to. At this link you can…

  • A cup of Pouchong

    I got this one at Ten Ren, in Chinatown, New York City. On Steepster, Ten Ren is saying these few words on this Pouchon Tea, 3rd grade: Ten Ren’s Third Grade Pouchong consists of quality tea leaves from northern Taiwan. Pouchong along with Tung-Ting Oolong tea are among Taiwan’s famous teas. Pouchong tea originated in…

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