The financier, that small golden cake made with almond and brown butter, now has its green tea. Mariage Frères composed it for its Héritage Gourmand collection, which revisits childhood memories through the filter of tea, and housed it in an emerald metal tin with silvery highlights that holds 100 g of flavoured green tea.

The ingredients are green tea, carob, flavouring, almond, mulberry leaves and vanilla. Almond is part of the blend, which makes it a declared allergen; the blend may contain traces of other tree nuts. The carob brings a soft chocolatey note, and the mulberry a rounded, vegetal warmth.

The liquor is clear and fragrant. The brown butter and almond arrive first, pastry-like and tender, then the vanilla smooths the finish, while the green tea underneath maintains a freshness that keeps the indulgence from becoming heavy. Our sheet speaks of a milky sweetness, and that is the impression that lingers: a tea that tastes of teatime without the sugar.

It is drunk during the day, in the afternoon especially, preferably plain, and goes, unsurprisingly, with a financier, but also with a madeleine, a cake or simply a piece of fruit. Iced, it surprises with its almond freshness. Those who know the Crêpe Earl Grey from the same collection will find the same spirit, transposed from black tea to green.

Use 2.5 g per 200 ml of water at 95 °C and steep for four minutes. The collector’s tin closes airtight and protects the fragrance from light; once empty, it is useful for storing loose leaf for a long time.