Bosie Tea Parlor

Where are we..? What's your first guess?
Me too. Just like Paris no?

But no, it's New York City!

We're at Bosie...

Bosie Tea Parlor on 10 Morton Street in the Village.

 Kathy YL Chan of A Passion for Food told me about it.

 I doubted real French pastry could be found in NYC but I have been proved wrong again. Voila! L'eclair de creme with Chamomile tea filling.

Kathy brought along these exquisite Japanese sugars, Chambre de Sucre fit for a king. They have been supplying the Emperor for centuries and perfect for my mint tea and Kathy's Matcha Latte...

Et oui, Bosie has a full array of fresh macarons...

A darling shop just the right size for a friendly cuppa - very French in size and ambience - New York needs more tea salons like this.

At least 80 kinds of tea brewed to order...

How does one attack such a pretty eclair?

En garde! Touche!

Bonjour Bosie Tea Parlor!

Alice's Tea Cup

Yesterday I went for afternoon tea at Alice's Tea Cup on the upper west side at 102 West 73rd street.
It's the perfect place to take out-of-town guests for a lovely surprise...
The front shop of the tea salon is filled with a vast array of teas...
And tempting cakes to get you salivating...
And of course all things 'Alice' ...
You say you have nothing to wear to Alice's Tea cup? You can pick up a gown in the front shop...

Plus a pair of pink wings...

And the ever-so-essential TIARA bien sur!

No reservations accepted unless you're a party of 6+, so bring lots of children along. Your eyes will pop when you see 'The Mad Hatter' tea trays being served...

I went with PBer Frances of City Views, Country Views. *Do note her fabulously tied Frenchie scarf please - the secret how-to video is HERE!

There was no leaving the house without Monsieur BEAR, who insists he needs tea salon practice before we hit Paris...

We were both quite taken with the new Alice's Tea Cup cookbook.

The authors, Haley and Lauren Fox have THREE tea salons in New York so no wonder they needed a cookbook - very clever indeed...

And those delectably stacked tea trays - you can do them at home!

Or plan a kid's tea party just as if it was at Alice's...

Do you think they should rename New York City 'The Big Cupcake'?

We were drooling over the goodies in the cookbook...

But Frances and I settled rather sanely on the scones + pot o' tea($10). Granted the scones were insanely huge and you got a choice of TWO!

I had Mixed Berry + Pumpkin Spice and Frances went off the deepend with Caramel Banana + Mixed Berry and gobs of jam and butter.

My tea was a wonderous mix of apricot + ginger + orange + + +?!
Our neighbor (British) asked politely if she might take a closer look at M.BEAR. As an owner of four bears at home, she was instantly smitten. In fact she popped BEAR into her purse just to see if he would fit...ahem. She is returning to London shortly and BEAR mentioned he liked London a lot.

Some bears have a lot of nerve!

The idea of going home with the first person who asks?
HMPH

We did not have any Mar-Tea-Nis...

BONJOUR ALICE'S TEA CUP!

Yr Fav Paris Salon de Thes!

BEAR wants to go to some NEW tea salons whilst in Paris!! He says he doesn't mind going back to Carette but still... He is desperately seeking some new places...like Le Grand Opera - 13, rue Mogador 75009, where all the divine pastries are from Boulangerie Gosselin - MIAM! Bennie took this photo of Brunch at Le Paris Ritz and we are soooo tempted - the price is rather ritzy for us (120 euros). Do they charge for bears? Photo courtesy of Covered in Farine

Tea at La galerie des Gobelins at Plaza Athenee Not quite so $$$ but still pretty ritzy. Une dessert - 16 euros... Everyone is talking about Le Mini Palais salon at Avenue Winston Churchill 75008. What have you heard? An absolute MUST-do is the new Un Dimanche a Paris, Pierre Cluizel's new chocolate emporium at 4-6-8 Cour du Commerce Saint-André, 75006 Hear's a new tea joint at 95, rue St. Honore Called Tea Picture Horror. Been there, done that anyone? I've looked in the window many times but not stopped. BEAR insists this time we WILL go inside on 66 rue du cherche-midi.

Bles Sucre - we've been but never sat down for a quiet cuppa and a FAB dessert.

KAT says we MUST go to Bar Chocolat - Hotel du Cadran, 10, rue du Champs de Mars. Bien sur!

Tea at Jacques Genin - never done that but we will try Paris à l'heure des thés. Do YOU have some FAVORITE places for tea in Paris? Do Tell All SVP! ~

BONJOUR PARIS SALON DE THE!

PS

Merci Kris for Le Figaro's 10 new salon de the list.