Tea, no herbs

I walked down to Greenwich Village after work today, figuring on getting tea (two kinds, in two different shops) and maybe some nutmeg and herbs halfway between the two tea stores.

I have my half pound of loose golden Assam tea. I have three boxes of Twinings tea bags for use at the office.

I do not have nutmeg, eleuthero, dried ginger, melissa, or indeed anything herbal. The herb shop isn't there anymore.

Suddenly, no Aphrodisia, just a bunch of plywood and a license for electrical work on that location. However, I suspect they're out of business, not renovating, because there's no sign indicating "under renovation" or "will reopen in March" or even "has moved to Morton Street." I am currently debating the merits of mail order from Penzeys, the tiny Penzeys in Grand Central Station, or a trip to Perelandra. Assuming that's still there.

I don't name these places, okay? Aphrodisia was herbs (including some possibly medicinal rather than cookery), spices, dried fruit, herbals, and essential oils. Perelandra is a health food store in downtown Brooklyn, not so much convenient to me as to Sahadi's (where I get dried fruit, nuts, and the like). I could make a combined trip, either on a Saturday or maybe after work next week.

Maybe someone knows a good answer to this

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I'm not asking for gifts, I'm asking for ideas. I can't come up with anything that isn't either trivial (another bar of dark chocolate with cherries, which I can get at the corner store for a few dollars), absurdly over-extravagant, or nonexistent (the tangerine herb tea I was very fond of, which has been discontinued).

The chocolate isn't trivial because it would cost less than five dollars, it's trivial because it's practically a staple in this household.

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I'm not asking for gifts, I'm asking for ideas. I can't come up with anything that isn't either trivial (another bar of dark chocolate with cherries, which I can get at the corner store for a few dollars), absurdly over-extravagant, or nonexistent (the tangerine herb tea I was very fond of, which has been discontinued).

The chocolate isn't trivial because it would cost less than five dollars, it's trivial because it's practically a staple in this household.

[I don't think polls cross-post properly, so I'm posting this separately on DW and LJ.]