Vine Peach Black Tea - The sweet shadow of a forgotten fruit
In the large family of fruity teas, peach occupies a prominent, almost obvious place. Our Peach Vine tea combines black teas from China and Ceylon, renowned for their mellowness and liveliness, with the aroma of a unique, mysterious peach, more distinguished than the others, like a caress of shade in the heart of the late summer.
From the first sips, the vine peach reveals its heady and deep nuances, less sweet than expected, tangy and powerful. The black tea offers it a tailor-made setting: the Ceylon highlights its fruity brilliance, the Chinese tea prolongs its velvety,
right through to the aftertaste. A combination of character and sweetness, like a memory of August, carefully preserved in a cup.
The taste of rarity
We could have chosen a classic, generous, immediate peach, but our flavorist preferred to listen to the silence of the orchard. There, in the shade of the leaves, some forgotten treasures still ripen: the vine peach, a discreet fruit with an ancient fragrance.
Less bright than its yellow or white cousins, it is recognizable by its downy skin with purple, almost violet reflections, and its dense, blood-red flesh. Its name comes from its history: once planted at the foot of the vines, it served as a plant lookout,
signaling diseases before they reach the vine. A forgotten ally, now precious again. Among the rarest varieties, the Savoie blood peach embodies this confidential nobility. With its dark skin and intensely aromatic flavor, it is prized by chefs for its distinguished character.
It is in this spirit that we have chosen an authentic and rare essence of vine peach, both wild and refined, to infuse our tea with a unique emotion: that of a fruit that we thought had disappeared, rediscovered through fragrance.
A fruit from yesteryear, in a cup of today
Peach Vineyard can be enjoyed at any time of the year.
A delicate and delicious combination, it goes perfectly with a clafoutis, a roasted fruit compote, or a thin almond tart. Iced, it reveals a completely different side: that of an almost mineral summer, to be savored slowly. Served chilled, it becomes the elegant companion to a lavender shortbread, an almond milk panna cotta, or, for the more daring, a vine peach granita, prepared in-house with a dash of lemon juice, a few zests, and a hint of cold-brewed tea. A subtle dessert, both iced and infused, where the aromas of fruit and tea blend into a whisper.
A late-summer tea, to be sure. But also a discreet promise of light, to be savored all year round, for those who know how to rediscover the sun... in a simple cup.
