French Tea
French tea is salon calm: black tea with citrus, herbal tisanes, iced peach glasses, and a pastry table that treats the cup as part of the room.
Featured french tea
- Earl Grey au citron - Drink desk - Paris - Bergamot black tea with lemon, poured light enough for cake.
- Verveine tisane - Drink desk - Lyon - Lemon verbena steeped pale and fragrant after dinner.
- Mint tisane - Drink desk - Marseille - Fresh mint in hot water, clean enough to reset the table.
- Iced peach tea - Drink desk - Nice - Black tea, peach, lemon, and a lighter hand than bottled peach tea.
- The noir breakfast cup - Drink desk - Bordeaux - A brisk black tea with milk optional, built for bread and butter.
- Chamomile honey cup - Drink desk - Dijon - Chamomile with honey, steeped long but not muddy.
- Linden flower tisane - Drink desk - Alsace - A soft floral cup for late evening, no milk, no fuss.
- Orange spice black tea - Drink desk - Strasbourg - Black tea, orange peel, clove, and a winter-market smell.
- Iced lemon black tea - Drink desk - Toulouse - Strong tea cooled over ice with lemon and only enough sugar to round it.
- Salon tea pot for two - Drink desk - Nantes - Loose black tea in a warmed pot, poured beside madeleines before it goes stern.