I initially read about this place on Coolhunting and finally found time to check it out. Unfortunately I was not hungry so I bought several different cookies and took them home to switzerland for tasting.

Amai Tea and Bake House is a tinny place where you get a very nice selection of tea ( like all new york places they use tap water for the tea which, for my delicate swiss palate, has a rather unplesant taste ).
Really interesting is the baking they do. Rich brownies made with botanical ingredients like lychee and and white peach, as well as crisp tea cookies in flavors like chai almond and green tea (the latter of which won the Golden Scoop Award for Best Bakery Recipe from the French Culinary Institute this year) are available in their shop and online.
I bought:
- Earlgrey & Current cookies
- Chai Allmond cookies
- White tea & strawberry cookies
- Lemongrass & ginger
- Hojicha Sesame cookies
- Champagne brownies
- Lychee brownies
- Green-tea cookies and muffins

They are all very nice, of course my favorite are Lemongrass & ginger and earlgrey.

Amai Tea and Bake House
171 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10003
tel. +1 212 863 9630

www.amainyc.com/