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Old Oct 6, 2014 | 7:30 pm
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Originally Posted by BuildingMyBento
This place is close to Grand Central.
I went there! It's the real deal - felt like I had stepped through a doorway into a shop in Japan.

I bought a bag of genmaicha (toasted rice tea), which I've always liked, even though I know it's what the peasants drank. The store is quite expensive (a matcha making starter kit, with bowl and whisk is $90) but the bag of tea was $14 or so.

Thanks for the recommendation.
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