Tea Time in Tribeca

London's a tea city and New York's a coffee town, I think. So as a non coffee drinker, I have been missing the English cuppa in the past few months -- although thankfully good tea is getting easier to find in America in general (less of that abysmal Lipton everywhere!).

I had a meeting in Tribeca the other day and had time to kill so I stumbled upon a relatively new shop called Amanzi Tea. Well designed store/cafe with an insanely large menu of many dozen types of tea - black, white, oolong, green, you name it. I sampled a few exotic blends but settled on a nice cup of Earl Grey, which was fantastic. Anyway if you like tea check out the store on Chambers Street or the site; or if you are in need of a non-Starbucks during the forthcoming Tribeca Film Festival keep this place in mind.