Summer Blend

Summer Blend Black Tea, the Tea of Bright Lights

In the family of our seasonal teas, we already find black teaAutumn, black teaWinter and black teaSpring Blend. Summer now has its setting:Summer Blend.

Born from a subtle blend ofblack teas from China and Ceylon,Summer Blendexplores the richness of citrus fruits in all their diversity:sweet lemon, lime, sweet orange, blood orange, mandarin, clementine, bergamot and grapefruitdraw a citrus, vibrant, dazzling score.

When infused, its amber liquor with golden highlights exudes a frank, almost solar fragrance. At the top, the fresh notes of grapefruit and grapefruit open the tasting with vivacity. Then come the mandarin and blood orange, rounder and more tender. Finally, bergamot, placed like a delicate veil, brings a floral and refined touch. The whole is perfectly balanced: lively without being acidic, luminous without being sweet. A tea that awakens the senses while leaving room for elegance.

A summer in Menton

Because each seasonal blend captures the spirit of a season,Summer Blendwas designed as a stopover in the Mediterranean, between citrus groves and the sea. It is in Menton, a pearl of the coast, that our flavorist drew her inspiration. Every summer, she retreats to a farmhouse in the Cannes hinterland, notebook in hand, windows open to the salty air and the scent of heated bark. There, between terraced lemon trees, eucalyptus and fig trees, time seems suspended in a golden light.

One particularly hot August morning, she visited the gardens of the Palais Carnolès at dawn, the former summer residence of the Prince of Monaco, famous for its 300 varieties of citrus fruits. Between the paths lined with bitter orange, clementine, and old citron trees, essential oils rose in the sun, creating a cloud of sweet, vibrant, almost biting aromas.

This is where the desire to transpose this olfactory palette into a cup was born: the lively freshness, the elegant bitterness, the tangy sweetness...Summer Blendwould be the infused memory.

A zest of sunshine, at any time

Full light tea,Summer BlendIt gracefully accompanies lemony sweets: yuzu cake, lime shortbread, orange zest flan or even clementine Genoa cake. It also proves delicate alongside grapefruit sorbet or a thin candied citrus tart. Warm, it awakens summer mornings with finesse and freshness.

But it is iced that it reveals its full brilliance: cold brewed, served with a slice of lemon, a sprig of fresh mint and a few ice cubes, it becomes a thirst-quenching, vibrant and intensely refreshing long drink, to be enjoyed by the pool, or in the shade of a fig tree.

Every sip ofSummer Blendis a walk on the Riviera: a breath of azure in the heat, a luminous escape towards orchards suspended between land and sea.

Accord thés et mets

Thé de pleine lumière, Summer Blend accompagne avec grâce les douceurs citronnées : cake au yuzu, sablé au citron vert, flan aux zestes d’orange ou encore pain de Gênes à la clémentine. Il se révèle aussi délicat aux côtés d’un sorbet pamplemousse ou d’une tarte fine aux agrumes confits. Chaud, il éveille les matinées d’été avec finesse et fraîcheur.

Recettes et cocktails à base du thé

C’est en glacé qu’il révèle un tout autre penchant de sa personnalité : infusé à froid, servi avec une rondelle de citron, un brin de menthe fraîche et quelques glaçons, il devient un long drink désaltérant, vibrant et intensément rafraîchissant, à savourer au bord d’une piscine, ou à l’ombre d’un figuier.

Recette de Mocktail :

Ingrédients (pour 1 verre)

• 12 cl de Summer Blend infusé à froid
• 4 cl de jus d’orange fraîchement pressé
• 1 cl de jus de citron vert
• 1 trait de sirop de fleur d’oranger
• Glaçons
• Feuilles de menthe fraîche
• Zeste de pamplemousse rose pour le décor

Préparation

1. Infusez Summer Blend à froid pendant 6 heures (1 c. à café dans 20 cl d’eau fraîche).
2. Dans un shaker ou un grand verre, versez l’infusion filtrée, les jus, le sirop et quelques glaçons.
3. Secouez ou mélangez vivement.
4. Servez dans un verre haut, avec de nouveaux glaçons, quelques feuilles de menthe et un long ruban de zeste de pamplemousse.

Un mocktail frais, complexe et joyeux, une promenade sous les citronniers.