News 1: Upcoming Event:         

Maid Cafe @roji tea lounge –

Sun, Oct 30th 3pm-11pm

roji tea lounge–in the spirit of halloween and akihabara– will transform into a Maid Cafe! What’s a Maid Cafe for those unfamiliar? Check out Wikipedia for more information! Our servers will wear maid (or butler) outfits, and while keeping the overall experience of roji the same, we hope to add special touches that will give roji the spirit of a cafe’s like Royal Milk Cafe or even Royal/T cafe in California! This will be our first time hosting a maid cafe and while there may be a few kinks we need to work out, we think it will be a fun experience so please be sure to come!

News 2: Current Art Exhibition: DECIBEL      

DECIBEL, featured until the middle of November. DECIBEL is an independent clothing label and design company started in April 2011 in Syracuse, NY. The concept of DECIBEL is to celebrate the idea to “Live Out Loud.” With this in mind, they have launched their Cultural Revolution Series. Come check it out!

News3: Japanese Tea Ceremony     

Sun Oct 30th 1pm to 2pm

What is Japanese Tea Ceremony? Please come and join us for a calming and peaceful ritual demonstration to escape and just be. $10 – Introduction & Demonstration only. $18 – Adding Traditional Green Tea and Sweets. Please email us at contact@rojitealounge.com to reserve.

News4: Monthly Specials               

Despite some hot spells, Autumn seems to be approaching, all the more reason to update our specials to be fall festive. <3

Hot Tea Specials: ($2.70)
Irish Breakfast — simple, smooth black tea
Maple Milk Tea
Peppermint and Yerba Matte Blend
Lavender and Yerba Matte Blend

Cookie of the Month ($2.50)
Pumpkin Cookies (made with real pumpkin!)
Coffee Chocolate Chip cookies (chocolate is vegan and delicious!)

News5: Point Card Completions last month!

Samantha Morrison (1), Daniel Putan (1), Amy Paradis (1), Candace Simmons (1), Brian Scanlon (2), Iirum Hussain (1), Kelly Clancy (1), Jen Myers (1), Josh Harding (1), Kate ? (1),  Kendra Murphy (1), Oscar Goldman (1). Congradulations!

Congratulations!

=Other services at roji tea lounge=

*Green Tea Letter

This is for someone who wants to know deeper about teas and tips. I have posted previous information I sent on our homepage blog. You can sign up from that page too.

Cha no ma (Space for tea): http://rojitealounge.com/home/blog/

*Free Wi-Fi

*Loose teas from $1.60 from 1/2oz trial size. This way you don’t have to waste it when you don’t like it.

*Takeout orders. You can call us at 428 0844 ahead of time too. (Sorry if we couldn’t get to the phone serving in-house customers. Please try again in few minutes. m(_ _) m)

*Take bubble teas or roji sweets with you to parties*

Bulk discounts are available. Please ask for any other items.

http://www.roji-tealounge.com/Bulk.html

*Vegan cupcake towers with various flavors.

http://picasaweb.google.com/rojitealounge/CupcakeTower3#

*Home-made Adzuki in 1lb Jar $8.50*

Spread on bagels, add onto ice cream, blend into cookies and bread, or with mochi…

*Chocolate Soy mousse or Raspberry sauce $6.75/8oz*

*Tea Ceremony, Tea seminars, Private Tea Parties

*Tomomi’s Oji-san’s Paintings*

Charcoal water painting with his own technique of blending water colors.

http://picasaweb.google.com/rojitealounge/OjiSanSPainting#

Note from Tomomi:

Thank you for those who came to see Analog girl visiting all the way from Singapore! Roji music has released her CD few years back. It was a fantastic night! Stay tune for Mon Music entertaining nights at roji starting mid Nov, more collaboration is coming up with SU real college radio. Can’t wait!

Thanks for reading and your continuous support <3

Tomomi Y.

Specialty Tea Institute Certified

Japanese Green Tea Certified

www.rojitealounge.com

108 E Washington St, Suite2 Syracuse NY 13202

contact@rojitealounge.com

Tel: 315 428 0844

Feel free to tell/ ask me anything.

Twitter: www.twitter/rojitealounge

Facebook: www.facebook ->roji tea lounge

Hello, this is Sarah from roji tea lounge.

Upcoming events at Roji:

News1: Roji Music represents 219 Take over – Sat, Sep 17, 12-6pm

As a way of saying thanks for being a loyal Roji customer we’re offering $5 off admission to the 219 takeover . Use code: RojiFriends to get your discount at checkout. We have food and beverage at montage cafe & bar, supporting local, organic, world artisans and eco-friendly practice.

News 2: New Current Art Exhibition: DECIBEL

DECIBEL, featured until the middle of November. DECIBEL is an independent clothing label and design company started in April 2011 in Syracuse, NY. The concept of DECIBEL is to celebrate the idea to “Live Out Loud.” With this in mind, they have launched their Cultural Revolution Series. Come check it out!

News3: Fan Photo Contest – till Sep 30th

We are running a Fan Photo contest on the roji facebook page till the end of September–the best photo taken at roji will win a $10 store credit!

News4: Maid Cafe @roji tea lounge – Sun, Oct 30th 3pm-11pm

roji tea lounge–in the spirit of halloween and akihabara– will transform into a Maid Cafe! What’s a Maid Cafe for those unfamiliar? Check out Wikipedia for more information! Our servers will wear maid (or butler) outfits, and while keeping the overall experience of roji the same, we hope to add special touches that will give roji the spirit of a cafe’s like Royal Milk Cafe or even Royal/T cafe in California! This will be our first time hosting a maid cafe and while there may be a few kinks we need to work out, we think it will be a fun experience so please be sure to come!

News5: Monthly Specials

With autumn on its way we have tried to coordinate our specials with the tastes of fall.

Hot Tea Specials: ($2.70)
Irish Breakfast — simple, smooth black tea
Maple Milk Tea
Peppermint and Yerba Matte Blend
Lavender and Yerba Matte Blend

Bubble Tea Specials: ($3.95)
Strawberry Bubble Tea   — milk base.
Lavender Bubble Tea — we steep real lavender to make the base for this tea

Cookie of the Month ($1.80)
Apple Walnut Cookie — even I’m excited about this! real apples and walnuts help make this cookie extra delicious.

News6: Point Card Completions last month!

Airen Hall (1), Andrew Glantz (1). Congratulations!

News7: Japanese Culture and Language Meetup Tue Sep 13, 5-9pm

We will have hanafuda night. Anime Syracuse are going to be there to show you how to play it.

http://www.meetup.com/japansyracuse/events/32365922/

=Other services at roji tea lounge=

*Green Tea Letter

This is for someone who wants to know deeper about teas and tips. I have posted previous information I sent on our homepage blog. You can sign up from that page too.

Cha no ma (Space for tea): http://rojitealounge.com/home/blog/

*Free Wi-Fi

*Loose teas from $1.60 from 1/2oz trial size. This way you don’t have to waste it when you don’t like it.

*Takeout orders. You can call us at 428 0844 ahead of time too. (Sorry if we couldn’t get to the phone serving in-house customers. Please try again in few minutes. m(_ _) m)

*Take bubble teas or roji sweets with you to parties*

Bulk discounts are available. Please ask for any other items.

http://www.roji-tealounge.com/Bulk.html

*Vegan cupcake towers with various flavors.

http://picasaweb.google.com/rojitealounge/CupcakeTower3#

*Home-made Adzuki in 1lb Jar $8.50*

Spread on bagels, add onto ice cream, blend into cookies and bread, or with mochi…

*Chocolate Soy mousse or Raspberry sauce $6.75/8oz*

*Tea Ceremony, Tea seminars, Private Tea Parties

*Tomomi’s Oji-san’s Paintings*

Charcoal water painting with his own technique of blending water colors.

http://picasaweb.google.com/rojitealounge/OjiSanSPainting#

Note:

If you like funk, rock, indie, alternative music, or just like to drink outside hearing great artists rocking out, come on over! L(^^)/

Thanks for reading, : )

Tomomi Y.

Specialty Tea Institute Certified

Japanese Green Tea Certified

www.rojitealounge.com

108 E Washington St, Suite2 Syracuse NY 13202

contact@rojitealounge.com

Tel: 315 383 9699

Feel free to tell/ ask me anything.

Twitter: www.twitter/rojitealounge

Facebook: www.facebook ->roji tea lounge

We are so sorry for the lack of a newsletter, due to the opening of Montage we have been very preoccupied. We have not forgotten you all though.

What’s new with roji? We have two new bubble tea flavors! Mugi-Cha (barely) which tastes like coffee but is completely caffeine free! The very popular Watermelon bubble tea is still here, and due to the high demand it may stay on our menu. Along with our bubbles, as a summer special we are featuring little bubbles–tiny and yummy!

2011 Tea Safety: Due to the earthquake, there may be a concern about about safety of our teas. According to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, testing was done on our suppliers tea leaves and all were found very safe to drink.

The Syracuse Japanese Meetup is meeting this Thursday at the Redhouse for a Kimono & Fans Artist Talk where: “Large scale Kimonos made out of various papers and fabric are suspended throughout the space to create a stunningly tactile and visual experience.” It starts at 5:00 p.m.–don’t forget to stop at Montage (right next door to the Redhouse) for a dessert or coffee!

We will be starting a Fan Photo Facebook Contest. If you take a picture at Roji (whether you’re drinking a cup of tea or enjoying a parfait) once a month we will pick the best fan photo to win 10% off their next roji visit. A photo I.D. will be required as proof of being the winner The first contest will begin in September, the guidelines of submission and starting date will be announced on Facebook soon!

Our Current Specials are updated!
Iced Tea Specials ($2.70)
Genmai-Cha Iced Tea
Lychee Iced Tea
Irish Breakfast Iced Tea

Cookie of the Month: Mango Coconut!

Current Art Exhibition: Leah Cunningham, featured until end of July. She describes her art on her etsy as: “Using paper, found materials and different applications to bring art to another dimension.” Come check it out!

May is the busy tea picking season. If you missed cherry blossom Sencha, fresh pick of the year is on its way this month. : )

News1: Charity Concert Donation

The total donation gathered from the concert on Apr 12^th was: $2,695.97. Thank you for coming out to support Japan. It was beautifully done. More info:

http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&tid=10150144615346933

News2: Current Specials

Watermelon Bubble Tea, Mango Bubble Tea, lavender Bubble tea and Iced tea specials and more.

News3: Japanese Green Teas

Price has changed due to the USD/JPY exchange rate over the years. Our Genmai-cha and Hoji-cha became now organic.

News4: Local Artist Exhibit and New item

Kristie Hayes www.kristiehayes.weebly.com

Diane Lansing – Paper Baby Crane Earrings. 100% sales goes to Japan Society for Earthquake relief fund.

News5: Point card accomplishments. Congratulations!

Jill Adams (2), Robyn Anclyusyszn, Jessica Cabresadela, Rachelle Clavin, Caitlin Chamberlain, Nicole Dittrich, Lysa Dolin, Barb Francisco, Danielle Farrell, Meghann Hance, Julie Daniel, Ahmed Khater, Sen Lin, Courtney Rile, Nicole Sanford, Brent Spreter, Terry Foster, Mike Voultsios

News6: Blossom Viewing (Hanami) Meetup, Sun May 8^th @Sycamore Hill Garden

Perfect place to take your Mom on Mother’s day. You won’t beleive it’s someone’s back yard!

http://www.meetup.com/japansyracuse/

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=Other services at roji tea lounge=

*Green Tea Letter

This is for someone who wants to know deeper about teas and tips. I have posted previous information I sent on our homepage blog. You can sign up from that page too.

Cha no ma (Space for tea): http://rojitealounge.com/home/blog/

*Free Wi-Fi

*Loose teas from $1.60 from 1/2oz trial size. This way you don’t have to waste it when you don’t like it.

*Takeout orders. You can call us at 428 0844 ahead of time too. (Sorry if we couldn’t get to the phone serving in-house customers. Please try again in few minutes. m(_ _) m)

*Take bubble teas or roji sweets with you to parties*

Bulk discounts are available. Please ask for any other items.

http://www.roji-tealounge.com/Bulk.html

*Vegan cupcake towers with various flavors.

http://picasaweb.google.com/rojitealounge/CupcakeTower3#

*Home-made Adzuki in 1lb Jar $8.50*

Spread on bagels, add onto ice cream, blend into cookies and bread, or with mochi…

*Chocolate Soy mousse or Raspberry sauce $6.75/8oz*

*Tea Ceremony, Tea seminars, Private Tea Parties

*Tomomi’s Oji-san’s Paintings*

Charcoal water painting with his own technique of blending water colors.

http://picasaweb.google.com/rojitealounge/OjiSanSPainting#

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Note:

Watch out for our staff – Azusa’s new label decibel! www.decibeldesign.net

Thanks for reading, : )

Tomomi Y.

Specialty Tea Institute Certified

Japanese Green Tea Certified

www.rojitealounge.com

108 E Washington St, Suite2 Syracuse NY 13202

contact@rojitealounge.com

Feel free to tell/ ask me anything.

Twitter: www.twitter/rojitealounge

Facebook: www.facebook ->roji tea lounge

Sorry for the long absence… again. -_-; I was occupied with Earthquake Charity events and have been working on 2nd location opening in June 2011.

Here is current crop information for first flush if you are concerned about Fukushima Nulclear Plant.

http://rojitealounge.com/japanese-tea-news/

New flush is coming out soon.

Today’s topic:

Tea shops in Kyoto

If you missed the last newsletter of my favorite tea treasure spots in Kyoto, here is the list.

http://rojitealounge.com/my-favorite-tea-places-in-kyoto/

This is even better. Blog of our customer Jill (She won the roji customer of the year couple years back!). I gave her the list before she went to Japan and she has made an awesome report on those places! You definitely feel that you are there reading her stories… ^~^ She was very kind to give me approval to share with you all.

=Here is what Jill wrote=

Here’s the one when we went to Fukujuen Kyoto and Ippodo on my big birthday tea day (the day starts out at Fushimi Inari taisha, so you have to skip past that): http://jadamstravelog.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/day-8-sep-17-kyoto-2nd-day/

And here’s when we went to Nagatake once we returned to Kyoto (it comes up a few times, both in the “what we did” section and in more detail in the later “what we ate” section): http://jadamstravelog.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/day-17-sep-26-hiroshima-to-kyoto-again/

And here’s a quick shout-out to your green tea cake (it’s buried in the post somewhere, sorry): http://jadamstravelog.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/day-4-sep-13-nakasendo-day-2-to-narai-juku/

And here’s where I reflect on how important tea was to me during the trip: http://jadamstravelog.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/thoughts-on-the-trip-part-two/

Finally, you might be amused by the day I have affectionately called The Great Shizuoka Fail, when we did not see the Tea Museum around Shizuoka but did still see the giant Gundam (does Kai like giant robots?): http://jadamstravelog.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/day-19-sep-28-kyoto-2-3-day-trip-to-shizuoka/

=End of What Jill wrote=

Gundam is a fun extra page.

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[After Note]

So… yes. New location is opening soon. I feel so great about this place too that we have been connecting with so many people who care to offer natural ingredients in different field in this modern time. It seems like we are all magnets that like minded people find each other. It’s been an amazing ride so far. If you know anyone who is interested in working there for at least a year (not just summer help please…), please send me an email.

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Thank you for reading.

Sincerely,

–Tomomi at roji tea lounge

Specialty Tea Institute Certified

Japanese Tea Certified

Currently, all our Japanese green teas are from 2010 crop, since new harvest will be picked around beginning of May. Luckily, tea growing regions are southern half of Japan, south from Tokyo and Fukushima Nuclear Plant is located up North. So far, no reports say that southern region’s food, water etc are affected, however we will keep close eye on the scientific results as we are here to promote health through tea and if we see any little risks, we would rather not continue serving them until things stabilized.

Even new harvest period hits in coming May, we just bought bulk teas couple weeks ago as our stock was running low, and they were already in US warehouse before the earthquake and picked in 2010 so there is zero contamination risk. They all come in air vacuumed sealed bags.

No report shows that China has been affected so our Chinese teas are all good as well.

Thank you for your continues support and we pray that we can live with nature in harmony one day.

If you have facebook page, please invite your friends and spread the word!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=197603086927064

In collaboration with the Syracuse Japanese Language and Culture Meetup Group, ASIA (Le Moyne College), ESF, Syracuse University, and concerned citizens in Syracuse and Rochester, we present the Charity Concert for Earthquake and Tsunami Victims in Japan!

We are planning on fundraising concert at roji soon with all effort combined with SU students, LeMoyne college students, teachers and Japanese violinist from Rochester area who currently plays for Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. We will be sure to let you know once the details are set. Thank you.

Where: roji tea lounge

When: 11am to 1pm