Happy 4th of July to my U.S. peeps! Today I intend to spend planning our vacation to Italy!!!! I haven’t been to Italy in years. I can’t now remember whether it was the late 80s or early 90s, but now I’m looking forward to going back. No. 2 is quite a sports car aficionado so we’ll be visiting the Ferrari and Lamborghini museums, but otherwise I expect the trip to be similar to the one I took years ago. Though this time I’d like to try to get to Lake Como.
Anyway, it being a holiday, I cracked open a couple of teas. The first, the Art of Tea green pear, was in a tall, tubular tin, so I thought I’d go with that same theme. This is in exactly the same tin design, with the little interior “plug” with a knob on it. Cute.
I had to read up on what this tea is supposed to be because Mariage Freres is nothing if not coy in their descriptions. Spices can mean anything — here it means caramel/creme brulee apparently.
Which is amusing because when I opened the tin I smelled chocolate and rose. After a while, I realized it wasn’t chocolate so much as caramel.
Now, I’m not a custard fan. I don’t do creme brulee, though the BF is a huge proponent of it. It’s a texture thing for me. Still, this is a tea worth having.
The aroma is pastry-like, cream-caramel with rose at the end, and that’s how it tastes, too. The tea is very dark amber and clear.
This is a blend that shows off Mariage Frere’s blending prowess. It’s very well done; the blend is one with all of its elements and with the tea base, which is smooth. It’s sweet without being cloying, and there’s a bit of a coolness in the mouth after the sip, which is pleasant.
I like it better than the last tea I had with something close to this flavor profile, the Leland Bogart. This is not as “dark” a flavor. Rather like the difference between dark roast and medium roast coffee, and I prefer the more medium for this flavor.
Flavors: Caramel, Chocolate, Cream, Pastries, Rose
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Nothing like a Barchetta or a Countach at full song. A delight for the motorhead senses.
Where did you purchase this tea, Morgana? Caramel, pastries and rose make Fall in Love a must have for me!
@mrmopar Vroom vroom
@Teatotaler It has been a while so I don’t remember exactly, but I think I ordered it from The Cultured Cup. I just checked their site and they don’t have it now, but it’s available at the Mariage Frères site.
Thank you, Morgana! :)
Nothing like a Barchetta or a Countach at full song. A delight for the motorhead senses.
Where did you purchase this tea, Morgana? Caramel, pastries and rose make Fall in Love a must have for me!
@mrmopar Vroom vroom
@Teatotaler It has been a while so I don’t remember exactly, but I think I ordered it from The Cultured Cup. I just checked their site and they don’t have it now, but it’s available at the Mariage Frères site.
Thank you, Morgana! :)