Janeiro Green Tea - A tea like a party
We love taking you on a journey through our elegant, bold, and luminous creations. WithJaneiro, we take you to Copacabana beach.
On a basis ofChinese Sencha, this bright and thirst-quenching green tea reveals a clear liquor, with reflections of gold and fresh grass.pineappleThe ball opens: juicy, sunny, bursting like a joyful samba. Then comes themint, fresh but rounded, airy, almost danceable, like a breath on the skin to the rhythm of a slow bossa nova. The whole is lively, joyful, balanced. An infusion like a non-alcoholic caipirinha, like a lambada step by the water.
Happy Sunday to all!
Rio. The sun beats down on the warm cobblestones of Santa Teresa, the turquoise or bright yellow painted walls gently peel under the flowering vines. Tagged butterflies dance on the facades, colorful fabrics flutter between the balconies, and music drifts from the half-open windows. In the air, a sweet scent of overripe fruit, fresh mint crushed between the fingers, hastily sliced lime. At the market, stalls overflow with ripe mangoes, juicy pineapples, still-damp cilantro leaves, and jewel-like red chilies. In Lapa, as night falls, glasses clink, the crowd comes alive, and drums vibrate the sidewalks. It's a technicolor Brazil, exuberant, alive, permeating the senses long before memory.
Flavors in green and yellow
Everywhere, Agnès finds this duo: pineapple and mint. In the glasses ofabacaxi juice with hortelã, which we drink straight from the street, iced, tangy, invigorating. In pineapple upside-down cakes, still warm, served with a mint leaf as decoration. In a sweet and sour chutney with ginger shards, which accompanied a grilled skewer on a beach in Bahia. Or in a tropical fruit salad, enhanced with a drizzle of cane syrup and lime zest. It is these simple and sincere pairings, gourmet but always full of energy, which inspired him to createJaneiro: a green tea like a non-alcoholic caipirinha, joyful, refreshing, and precise. An infused tribute to the aromas of a country and the subtle art of translating them into a cup.
One liqueur, a thousand variations
Janeiro lends itself to a thousand variations: cold brewed, it becomes a vibrant iced tea, to be served with fresh pineapple slices and a few crushed mint leaves. Still iced, it reveals rounder, fruitier notes: perfect for a summer brunch or a nap in the shade. And for the more adventurous, it transforms into a festive granita: a concentrated infusion, sweetened just enough, iced then scraped with a fork, and enhanced, why not, with a hint of cachaça and lime. A frosted caipirinha, sweet and mischievous, to be enjoyed by the spoonful or sipped slowly, like a forro tune at the end of the day.
