A green tea with soft mint, as it is drunk in the Maghreb, married to a black tea flavoured with bergamot, as it is drunk in London: Casablanca brings two traditions together in a single cup. Mariage Frères speaks of a great marriage and the taste of a sunny summer, and pays tribute in passing to the film that made the city famous, with a wink to its most quoted line, “Play it again, Sam”.

The declared composition is black tea and green tea, aroma and mint; the blend may contain traces of nuts. Mint leaves are visible among the two teas, and the house’s Jardin Premier label appears on this blend. Dry, the scent draws on both shores: the freshness of mint first, the floral zest of bergamot behind.

The liquor is bright, a pale amber. Mint opens, fresh and soft, without the harshness of peppermint; bergamot joins it, zesty, and the two answer each other with a precision that surprises, the green tea bringing lightness, the black tea structure. The finish, long and fresh, makes you want a second cup.

It is drunk during the day, plain, at lunch with a tagine, a couscous or grilled meats, in the afternoon with cornes de gazelle or dates. Sweetened in the Moroccan way, it becomes another tea. Infused hot, then cooled and served over ice with a fresh mint leaf, it makes a most convincing summer tea.

Casablanca is available loose leaf, weighed and packed to order in our shops in Bordeaux and Nice, from the 5 g sample to the kilo, in the 100 g iconic tea tin presented in its gift box, and in a box of 30 cotton muslin tea sachets, net weight 75 g. Allow 2.5 g or one cotton muslin tea sachet per 200 ml of water at 95 °C, and five minutes of steeping.