Whom You Know: TASTY TIDBITS: SALONTEA by Tracy Stern! Brand New!!!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

TASTY TIDBITS: SALONTEA by Tracy Stern! Brand New!!!

Tracy Stern SALONTEA™ Opens Exclusive TeaBar

Author, style arbiter and tea hostess redefines afternoon tea in Manhattan

The traditional art of taking tea finds its modern reprise at Tracy Stern SALONTEA TeaBar on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The TeaBar, located at 501 East 75th Street, is an ode to the romantic history of a 19th century tea salon…with a disco ball. Whom You Know highly recommends SALONTEA!!!

The TeaBar is a modernized version of the stately private salons of the last century where artists and fashionably dressed dandies would gather over tea for literary and musical expression, as well as the frequent romantic liaison.

"I wanted to create a chic place where people meet and come to relax, reflect, and feel inspired, said Tracy Stern, founder of Tracy Stern SALONTEA. "This TeaBar is a party spot for musicians, poets, and painters at rest, along with the fashionable ladies and gentlemen of society who appreciate them. It is a flashback to when tea salons where the place to be seen. It’s a 19th century disco!" Peachy Deegan has met Tracy and thinks that SALONTEA reflects the friendliness, upbeat personality and class of the owner.

The décor of the über luxe tea brand’s first locale is bright, open and airy bathed in the brands explosive signature colors of orange, pink and brown. The walls are lined with modern mirrors etched in vintage silhouettes to reflect the characters who frequented the great romantic tea salons of the 1800’s: The Society Hostess, The Artist, The Fashionable Dandy, The Writer, The Musician, The Romantic and The Lover. The mirrors invite you to see the reflection of your taste in tea.

The music is hand selected by Stern herself and provides the perfect backdrop to the energetic haven on 75th street. Patrons are surrounded by Stern’s mantra, Enjoy Life. Drink Tea. Celebrate Often. There is even a custom blending tea area to purchase tea by the pound.

The TeaBar Menu features Tracy Stern SALONTEAs that are first plucked from the finest private estates throughout the world and custom blended using the purest, most perfumed botanicals, herbs and spices. The menu is a mix of Tracy’s Signature Teas, Beauty Teas, specialty lattes such as the Matcha Greea Tea Latte and Chocolate Chai, Iced Teas Infusions, Chocolate concoctions like Spicy Cayenne Hot Chocolate and edibles such as scones, Madelines and Macaroons. Available also is the SALONTEA lifestyle line; bath teas, eye teas, lip balms, lotions and tea pots.

TRACY STERN SALONTEA is a fusion of fashion, tea, culture and history.Tracy Stern SALONTEA™ is a lifestyle brand that encompasses a fusion of fashion, entertaining, style and art and TEA blended into distinct yet interconnected categories. Tracy Stern SALONTEA™ products are available at fine food purveyors nationwide and www.salontea.com. WHOM YOU KNOW knows that SALONTEA is going to be the toast of Manhattan and a hit on the Upper East Side!!!

TEA MENU

SALONTEA™ Signature Teas

THE SOCIETY HOSTESS: Naturally decaffeinated, vanilla-infused China black tea

THE ARTIST: First plucked White Tea (Pai Mu Tan) flavored with bits of ginger

THE FASHIONABLE DANDY: China black tea scented with bergamot oil

THE WRITER: Indian chai tea accentuated with cinnamon, cloves and cardamom

THE MUSICIAN: Herbal Rooibos tea blended with garden notes (hibiscus & rose) THE ROMANTIC: Chur She green tea with jasmine flowers

THE LOVER: Indian Chai Tea blended with fine chocolate.

SALONTEA™ Beauty Teas

THE AWAKENING BEAUTY – an energetic combination of China black tea and peppermint leaves to stimulate the senses. 5OZ $19.00

THE NATURAL BEAUTY (NO CAFFEINE) – naturally caffeine free, vitamin and mineral infused tea with a powerful blend of herbs to restore and purify from within. Recommended to drink every day for glowing skin, long hair and nail strength. 5OZ $19.00

THE TOXIC BEAUTY (LOW CAFFEINE) – a natural fountain of youth, and used by models for natural weight loss. Herbal green tea infusion with ginkgo leaves, nettle, blackberry, St. John’s wart, mistletoe and lemongrass. All natural botanicals to provide all the antioxidants needed to forgive a hectic lifestyle. 3OZ. $26.50

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (NO CAFFEINE) – an infusion of Chamomile flowers and lavender buds, this tisane has a strong and fresh scent with definite body. Chamomile was used by the Egyptians for its power to cure. Used to induce sleep, and as a soothing, natural aid to digestion. Slightly sweet tastes. A great calmer for evening. 2OZ. $22.00

THE SLIMMING BEAUTY – Green tea leaves, Cassis Yerba Mate Mate, Orange Tree Flowers, Black Tea, Passion Fruit Flowers, Guarana Extract. 4OZ. $26.50

SPECIALTY LATTES

Sugarfree Vanilla Chai Latte

Matcha Green Tea Latte

Chocolate Chai latte

Spicey Hot Chai Latte

CHOCOLATE
Hot chocolate

Spicey Cayenne hot chocolate

Chocolate+ shot of chai

Iced Tea Infusions

lemonade or pomegranate

Herbal Infusion Waters
Rose and goji berry
Mint + cucumber

Edibles
Scones- chocolate chip, cinnamon, cranberry
Madelines-traditional + dark chocolate
Macaroons – Matcha Green Tea, Chocolate, Vanilla, Pistachio, Raspberry and Lemon

The TeaBar is located at 501 East 75th Street.

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