Tea Thursday- Black Tea

Hello Everyone! I have had a great time experimenting with Tea brewing variables and Now I have a chart to share with everyone!

I will be on vacation next week, visiting family and friends in Texas! But as a result I will not be posting. So look forward to some Texas themed posts in the second week of July!

Until then, Happy Independence day!

Carmine's UWS

Hello all! On Friday I went to a restaurant and Loved it!

Their Website

Carmine's is a pretty famous place in NYC and the last time my sisters were in town for a visit, we tried to go but couldn't get a reservation. This time we picked an off-peak hour and instead of the Times Square location we tried the one on the Upper West Side. It was more convenient and according to the menu on the website, everything was $1-$2 CHEAPER!

Us at our table

We were a party of 5 and since I made a reservation, we got a table right away. (we probably didn't need a reservation for 4pm...) The cool thing about this place is that everything is served "family style" and a la carte.    So you have to work as a table to make a decision. If you don't have picky eaters, this is great! We ordered Chicken Marsala and Penne alla Vodka. Delish! Our waitress made it seem like it might not be enough food, but let me tell you, we had tons! I even took two servings home. The dishes may seem a little pricey at first glance, but keep in mind that that is feeding everyone. The two dishes divided up into how many servings they gave us, ended up about $8/serving. Not bad for NYC! especially for the quality of food!

So to my rating. Especially good for a big non-picky group!

Healthy: 4/5 I'm giving it a 4 because you can choose your own portions and therefor make it healthier.

Cheap: 4/5 $8/serving. pretty cheap for good Italian food.

Yummy: 5/5 Delish. I was happy to take leftovers home!

Total: 13/15 

Opening Night!

Tonight is Opening Night! AND My mom and sister are in town! So I'm busy today and will not post about Black Tea until next Thursday!

P.s. Turtles! I made turtles for the stage management team for opening night!

http://instagr.am/p/MJowxuOFCD/

Buying Tea in NYC

I had to  got to buy tea this past week and I thought I would tell you about the awesome tea shop on Christopher Street in the LWS.

McNulty's

This is the only tea shop that I have stumbled upon while wondering around NYC, but I am also not in search of anything better. This place is a dream! the aroma of tea and coffee engulf you as you enter! Not only do they sell loose tea, but they are reasonably priced and they also sell rare and imported tea as well!
This past time I went I bought Peach Green Tea (which I am absolutely in love with!) and "Berry Cream" Flavored Black Tea. Don't live near NYC? No problem, I just learned from their website that they ship from their catalog! You won't get to smell all of the yummy teas, but once they arrive you get to taste them!

I am not getting paid for posting about this or am I in any way affiliated with McNulty's, I just really like them and like tea.

Where do you buy your tea?

Have a Great Week!

Tea Thursday- Oolong Tea

Guess What!? It's Thursday and I am prepared with this week's tea results!

The Oolong tea that I have right now is Formosa Oolong and it has a kind of smokey flavor I had to get used to.

I am looking to buying some loose black tea and figuring out the best way to brew that!

Until Monday!

Shakespeare Monday

I am working today for the seventh day straight, but I am going to post anyway! 


Since I am at work, I have Shakespeare on the brain and decided to share some of my favorite quotes from As You Like It. 

More info here

“Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak." (Rosalind)


“Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. I will be more jealous of thee than a cock-pigeon over his hen, more clamorous than a parrot against rain, more new-fangled than an ape, more giddy in my desires than a monkey. I will weep for nothing, and I will do that when you are disposed to be merry. I will laugh like a hyena, and that when thou art inclined to sleep.” (Rosalind)


“O, that woman that cannot make her fault her husband's occasion, let her never nurse her child herself, for she will breed it like a fool.” (Rosalind)


"Good shepherd, tell this youth what 'tis to love."
"It is to be all made of sighs and tears,
It is to be all made of faith and service,
It is to be all made of fantasy,
All made of passion, and all made of wishes,
All adoration, duty and observance,

All humbleness, all patience and impatience,

All purity, all trial, all obedience.” (Phoebe and Silvius)

And of course the ever famous

“Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy.

  This wide and universal theatre

  Presents more woeful pageants than the scene

  Wherein we play in."

                                       "All the world's a stage,

   And all the men and women merely players.

   They have their exits and their entrances,

   And one man in his time plays many parts,

   His acts being seven ages.”  (Duke Senior and Jaques)

Green Tea

Here is the updated chart that now includes Green tea! Enjoy!

Until Monday!

I'm Alive!

Hello everyone! I am alive and made it through the big long week of tech! I will be posting the results of Green Tea for my Chart on Thursday, but Today I wanted to tell you about my new favorite thing. Cold Brewing. I know it is not a new thing, and I know I may be very late to discover this, but I tried it and fell in love.

I cold brewed 3 teaspoons of white tea in 10 oz of water for 24 hours in the refrigerator and it was fantastic and easy!

To cold brew, place 1.5 the amount of tea in a cup (or a french press), fill the cup with water, cover the cup and place in the fridge for 12-24 hours and strain into a cup and enjoy! perfect on a hot summer morning, afternoon or evening!

My sisters bought me this Tea/coffee press for Christmas and I love it! it is prefect for cold brewing and it's a travel mug too so you can grab it and go!

More about tea on Thursday!

P.S. I bought a ukulele today. watch out world.