When cherry blossoms, caressed by the sun, flutter through the air of the Japanese spring, they symbolise a nature that is being reborn. Sakura, Mariage Frères' emblematic green tea with the fragrance of cherry blossom, draws on this poetry, and the house describes it as a smooth and joyful cup.

The base is a sencha, a Japanese green tea steamed as soon as it is picked, whose fine needles retain a clear green colour and a vegetal freshness. The house has added rose petals and flavourings. Composition: tea, rose, flavouring; the blend may contain traces of nuts. In our catalogue, the tea carries the Jardin Premier label.

The liquor is clear and fragrant. The scent of cherry blossom is intense, floral and fruity, with that note of sweet almond which characterises it; the rose extends it, and the sencha brings a freshness that keeps the cup light and springlike. The sweetness is indulgent without sugar, the finish floral and lasting, free of bitterness if the infusion time is respected.

It is drunk during the day, plain, at lunchtime or in the afternoon, with a mochi, a shortbread biscuit or a strawberry tart; iced, it is one of the most successful flavoured green teas in the house, and lends itself to a cold infusion of a few hours, with a few red berries. A tea that has its devotees all year round, not only in spring.

Allow 2.5 g per 200 ml of water at 95 °C and three minutes of infusion, without going beyond. Sakura is weighed and packed to order in our shops in Bordeaux and Nice, from the 5 g sample to the kilo, in a bag designed to preserve its fragrances. Keep it closed, away from light and odours.