I just read about display or blooming teas, a new one on me. Green tea in little one-pot bunches, bundled to bloom into a decorative shape when hot water is added — like a slow-motion firework I guess. According to the...

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Just wanted to weigh in with my opinion about Bloom (on Pico around Curson) and its lunch offerings, specifically the burger. We had lunch there on Saturday and 4 of us (2+2) split the Gorgeous Green Salad, the fish tacos and the...

So a new spot has opened on Baldwin called: Bloom. Haven’t tried it yet... has anyone else? Thumbs up? Thumbs down?

I believe they have a 9'‘ size and then maybe 14’' that would be shareable. Here’s their website: http://www.go2bloom.com/ although they don’t yet have the pizaa info up yet. There’s one with...

Had lunch today at Bloom Cafe, the newish place on Pico where Posh and Sierra Bonita Cafes used to sit side by side. Who did I run into but Arnaud Palatan, the former owner of Pastis the French Bistro on Beverly that I like so...

) and it is only available around Christmas and the Dallas Blooms. I recently went to the Grand Lux at the Galleria for an afternoon tea and it was really, very good, except you only get one choice of tea and it isn’t...

went there last week and enjoyed it. i’m not too knowledgeable on teas but they seem to have a pretty extensive selection (the “lotus” one was cool — it blooms in your glass) and many of the tails...

Forget IV, forget JG. Thi on Tea is the True Brew! http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-teahabitat19-2009aug19,0,4817599.story

The Jasmine tea you ask about is actually available in both caf and decaf (herbal). The jasmine blooms (oils) are infused with another tea (green or black or whatever) and are not singly used as a tea. The blossoms themselves...

Edible Austin Tea Festival The Edible Austin Tea Festival is a gathering of the Austin area’s fine tea purveyors and tea rooms who will sample and demonstrate all that is mysterious and wonderful about tea. Chef Jesse Bloom of...