A tea and its jelly, in a black case with a tone-on-tone logo: the Coffret Connaisseur Earl Grey Impérial from Mariage Frères brings together, for lovers of this classic, the tea tin and the matching jar of jelly. A gift for teatime, quite literally.

The metal tin, matt and dusted, contains 100 g of Earl Grey Impérial, a spring Darjeeling richly scented with the house's bergamot. Its ingredients are tea and a flavouring, and it may contain traces of tree nuts. The 240 g jar contains an extra jelly of Earl Grey Impérial tea, made with cane sugar, infused tea, fruit pectin and lemon juice; it may also contain traces of tree nuts.

The idea is simple and right: the tea jelly, translucent and amber, carries the bergamot scent onto a slice of toast, a scone, a brioche, while the same bergamot perfumes the cup. The two echo each other, and breakfast or teatime gains a rare coherence.

The tea is drunk in the afternoon or the morning, plain, without milk, to preserve the finesse of the Darjeeling; the jelly is spread on toast, spooned over fresh cheese, served with foie gras or stirred into yoghurt. Infusion parameters are printed on the tin, and the jar should be kept in the fridge after opening.

This set is for someone who already loves Earl Grey and wants to discover it in another form, or for someone looking for a gourmet gift that is more than a tin of tea.