Building a tea gift set, step by step

1. Choose the size of the gift set

Our bespoke gift set comes in four sizes: 4, 6, 9 or 12 teas. Each tea is weighed out as 50 g of loose leaf, about twenty cups at 2.5 g per cup, and placed in its own individual tea tin. Four teas make a host gift; six, the size we recommend most often, leave room for a real journey; nine and twelve suit a connoisseur or a group gift.

2. Find a common thread

A successful gift set tells a story. A few themes that work:

• One type per tin: a green tea, a white tea, an oolong tea, a black tea, a Pu-erh and a rooibos, to reveal the full palette of tea.
• Around a favourite tea: the tea the person already drinks, and its relatives. Around Marco Polo, for example, Thé Vert Marco Polo and Marco Polo Rouge, its fragrance on a rooibos, naturally caffeine-free.
• A journey: one tea per country, from China to Japan, from India to Taiwan.
• Christmas: the teas of the season, with a herbal infusion for the evening.

3. Balance flavours and caffeine

Alternate pure teas and flavoured teas, morning cups and afternoon cups. Keep at least one naturally caffeine-free tin (a rooibos or a herbal infusion): it will be drunk in the evening, and it suits everyone. Avoid putting together three smoked teas or three mint teas: what people remember about a gift set is its variety.

4. Example: a Christmas gift set of six teas

• Esprit de Noël, black tea with cinnamon, apple and almond, for the morning;
• Noël Nouveau, green tea with orange blossom, for the afternoon;
• Grand Yunnan, pure black tea from China, notes of cocoa;
• Milky Blue Caramelo, a sweet and gourmand oolong tea;
• Rooibos Veillée de Noël Orange, naturally caffeine-free, for the evening;
• Noël Fruité Cannelle Orange, an organic herbal infusion, naturally caffeine-free.

The configurator only offers teas in stock in 50 g on the day of your order: if one of them is unavailable, it suggests the others.

5. Or choose a ready-made gift set

For speed, the house gift sets: the Coffret Marco Polo & Noël (€55) brings together Marco Polo and Esprit de Noël in a pearlescent gift set; the Coffret Connaisseur Noël (€39), Esprit de Noël and its tea jelly. The Christmas Rhapsody Advent calendar (€49) offers twenty-five teas, one a day until Christmas. All the gift sets are gathered in the gift sets section.

6. The parcel and the message

When ordering, tick “This is a gift”: the wrapping is free, and your message is handwritten on a house card, slipped into the parcel. In the shop, in Bordeaux as in Nice, our teams build the gift set with you. If you are still unsure, the gift card lets them choose.