Baked.

Love the name, the packaging and the identity of this Red Hook, NYC bakery. Baked is the dream-turned-reality of a motley crew who like to think of themselves as “dessert experts; the kind of people blessed with a highly (almost holy) developed sense of taste and smell.” Their dessert obsession finally spilled over from full-time hobby to full-time profession in their ode to the perfect bakery, Baked.

Since I’m not in New York, I can only gawk and, thankfully, order online. The offical Baked diner mug is $8 and comes in either brown or orange. This too cool Tea for two teapot is $15. There’s a wide variety of gift sizes for everything. I won’t get into specifics about the baked goods because I need to eat a salad for lunch and that would just make it way too difficult to swallow.

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Teas’ Tea.

I tried a bottle of Tea’s Tea Green White this afternoon and it totally freaked me out. Mainly because I’d failed to notice the word unsweetened on the label, but also because it tastes like tea you would be served in an Asian restaurant. As in actual. real. tea. The packaging is why I picked up the bottle (and paid for it, don’t worry) in the first place. I like the unexpected shape and clean type. The bottle itself feels sturdier than most plastics, so it seems like you could hang on to it and put it to another, reincarnated use. (Watering plants? I don’t know.) Definitely worth a try, I think I’m headed for the Lemongrass Green next. Just don’t say I didn’t warn you about the unsweetened factor!

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