This black tea is a blend of China and Ceylon teas flavoured with loquorice essential oil. It offers a cup between sweetness and bitterness...
Licorice
An unexpected request, an extraordinary creation
Licorice has always whispered in the background in several of the House's iconic infusions: Bouquet de Manon, Céleste, Beautiful B... So many herbal teas where it expresses itself in furtive touches, to round out, intrigue, balance. But this unique plant lacked a setting to match its stature: a creation in which it would finally be the central soul, the affirmed protagonist of a distinguished, enveloping, fully assumed black tea. Because if licorice divides, it fascinates discerning palates. Its deep taste, at once sweet, rooty and slightly minty, awakens childhood memories in some, in others the echo of ancient elixirs. A rare fragrance, divisive perhaps, but always imbued with elegance in its persistence.
A tailor-made creation
And because surprising palates is in our nature, the idea took shape following a confidential, almost unusual request: that of a Parisian pastry chef, renowned for his creations sculpted in light and shadow. He dreamed of a tea capable of dialoguing with the intensity of a dark cocoa and star anise dessert, without being forgotten, without imposing its voice. "I would like a deep taste, without bitterness, with that sweet mystery that only licorice can offer." The challenge was set: to compose a liqueur as dense as black velvet, shot through with an unexpected brilliance, between tenderness and character. After multiple trials, we chose a duo of black teas: a Chinese tea with woody notes, and a Ceylon tea for its silky and luminous vivacity. The licorice, delicately dosed, infuses like a soft shadow, present, captivating, but never tyrannical.
Licorice, a plant with character
Cultivated since Antiquity in the scorched lands of the Orient, licorice root embodies a fascinating duality: medicinal and gourmet, solar and dark. The Egyptians used it as an infusion to accompany funeral rituals, the Greeks made it an elixir of vigor, and Renaissance apothecaries prescribed it to soothe fevers of the body... and sometimes, those of the soul.
Even today, it seduces with its gentle intensity, its immediately recognizable olfactory signature, and its unique ability to evoke both tenderness and mystery.
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- Black tea flavoured with liquorice -
This black tea is a blend of China and Ceylon teas flavoured with loquorice essential oil. It offers a cup between sweetness and bitterness...
An unexpected request, an extraordinary creation
Licorice has always whispered in the background in several of the House's iconic infusions: Bouquet de Manon, Céleste, Beautiful B... So many herbal teas where it expresses itself in furtive touches, to round out, intrigue, balance. But this unique plant lacked a setting to match its stature: a creation in which it would finally be the central soul, the affirmed protagonist of a distinguished, enveloping, fully assumed black tea. Because if licorice divides, it fascinates discerning palates. Its deep taste, at once sweet, rooty and slightly minty, awakens childhood memories in some, in others the echo of ancient elixirs. A rare fragrance, divisive perhaps, but always imbued with elegance in its persistence.
A tailor-made creation
And because surprising palates is in our nature, the idea took shape following a confidential, almost unusual request: that of a Parisian pastry chef, renowned for his creations sculpted in light and shadow. He dreamed of a tea capable of dialoguing with the intensity of a dark cocoa and star anise dessert, without being forgotten, without imposing its voice. "I would like a deep taste, without bitterness, with that sweet mystery that only licorice can offer." The challenge was set: to compose a liqueur as dense as black velvet, shot through with an unexpected brilliance, between tenderness and character. After multiple trials, we chose a duo of black teas: a Chinese tea with woody notes, and a Ceylon tea for its silky and luminous vivacity. The licorice, delicately dosed, infuses like a soft shadow, present, captivating, but never tyrannical.
Licorice, a plant with character
Cultivated since Antiquity in the scorched lands of the Orient, licorice root embodies a fascinating duality: medicinal and gourmet, solar and dark. The Egyptians used it as an infusion to accompany funeral rituals, the Greeks made it an elixir of vigor, and Renaissance apothecaries prescribed it to soothe fevers of the body... and sometimes, those of the soul.
Even today, it seduces with its gentle intensity, its immediately recognizable olfactory signature, and its unique ability to evoke both tenderness and mystery.
