Dragon: the most auspicious sign of the Asian zodiac, that of the years 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024. Mariage Frères dedicates to it, in its Thé des Signes collection, a green tea with goji berries, housed in a lacquered box of festive red whose shape evokes the Temple of Heaven, to offer to those born under the sign as well as to everyone else, as a lucky charm for the New Year.

The goji berry, a small red fruit native to the Himalayas, is here present in pieces among the green leaves. Composition: green tea, goji berries, flavouring; the blend may contain traces of nuts. Dry, the scent is fruity and slightly tart, with the sweetness of the dried berry.

The liquor is fresh and delicately tart, silky in texture according to the house. The green tea brings its vegetal freshness, the goji berry its fruity note, between cherry and candied tomato, and the cup ends on what the house calls a flamboyant fruity finish, long and fragrant. The whole is sweet without sugar, lively without bitterness.

It is drunk during the day, plain, at lunchtime or in the afternoon, with an Asian meal, steamed dumplings, lacquered duck, or more simply dried fruit and New Year biscuits. Iced, it is thirst-quenching and keeps its colour. A tea to give, for its box as much as for its sign.

Allow 3 g per 200 ml of water at 85 °C and four minutes' infusion. Thé des Signes, Dragon is presented in a handcrafted lacquered box, screen-printed in France, containing 100 g of flavoured green tea; keep it closed, away from light and odours.