A box in fluorescent colours with an unprecedented design, which reveals to the attentive eye a multitude of sparkling hearts: Jasmine in Love is first and foremost an object, says Mariage Frères, already a collector’s piece. Inside, 30 cotton muslin tea sachets, net weight 75 g, of a green tea scented with notes of jasmine and rose.

The ingredients are tea, jasmine and rose petals; the blend may contain traces of nuts. The house’s records class it among its Jardins Premiers. Jasmine provides the seductive scent; rose, in the house’s words, adds elegant, caressing notes.

The liquor is clear, with a floral aroma that the house describes as intoxicating, and which we shall simply call generous. Jasmine opens, fresh and heady; rose softens and lingers; the green tea, beneath, brings its vegetal freshness and a clean, slightly sweet finish. The two oldest flowers of Chinese tea, brought together on a single leaf.

It is best drunk in the afternoon, plain, without sugar, with light pastries, rose biscuits, lychees, a fruit salad, or on its own. Iced, it keeps all its fragrance and becomes a very elegant summer tea. It makes, naturally, a gift for Valentine’s Day or for a declaration.

Use 1 cotton muslin per 200 ml of water at 80 °C and infuse for three minutes, as the house recommends: a moderate temperature protects the green tea and the delicacy of the flowers. The box should be kept closed, away from light and odours, and can be found in our shops in Bordeaux and Nice, official stockist of Mariage Frères since 1999.