35 • Beauté Académique

Een mooi glazen theelicht met een diameter van 14,5 cm. Geschikt om onder onze glazen theepotten te zetten om de thee langer warm te houden, maar ook voor andere theepotten geschikt.

Glazen filter geschikt voor het glazen theepotje van 250 ml.

This tea tastes the best after 12-18 years, it becomes soft, full and powerful with scents of humus and forest. Although you can drink her already at this age, the tea will show its true potential after years of storage. In the first years the tea will have a slightly flat taste.

The Pu Er Cake 2007 is a black pressed vintage tea from China. It is grown on a plantation in the Yi Wu Wei District, according to traditional methods and especially selected by Madame Tseng. The tea grows on old trees that are more than 100 years old.

A vintage tea is a black, fully fermented tea. The leaves were picked in 2007. The tea is made in a small factory in Yunnan, according to the Sheng Cha method. After picking, the leaves are dried until they are flexible enough to be processed. They are rolled by hand to start the oxidation process. The leaves must ferment for a few more hours. Finally, they are baked in convection ovens and stored in jars for maturing. The tea is pressed into blocks with a unique number.

A soft tea with a taste of raisins, liquorice and chocolate. This tea is also tasty with a little milk.

The Ceylon Kenilworth is a black tea from Sri Lanka. It is grown on the Kenilworth tea plantation in Kandy in the Dimbulla District. The plantation is about 350 hectares and lies between 1000 and 1300 meters in the western hills. The plant has long, thin, red-brown leaves that are picked immediately after the monsoon rains.

A black tea is a fully fermented tea. A combination of two leaves and a bud is always picked. After harvesting, the leaves must first dry in the air, to get rid of the first moisture. As soon as the leaves are flexible enough to be processed, they are rolled by hand. This releases enzymes that trigger the fermentation or oxidation process. This process creates the final flavor and color of the tea. After rolling the leaves, they have to ferment for a few hours. Finally the leaves are baked in a hot air oven to prevent rotting.

A high quality tea with fruity elements and a scent of sugarcane syrup and Jasmine. A sweet, soft tea with a fresh aftertaste.

The Xiu Qiu is a white tea from China. It is grown in the province of Fujian, according to traditional methods and selected by Madame Tseng. The name Xiu Qiu means embroidered ball, because the white leaves are rolled up like pearls. This is the best tea in Europe.

A white tea is an unfermented tea. Only the buds and first two leaves are picked. The Jasmine blossom is picked in the evening because of the strong scent. A kilo of Jasmine tea requires ten kilos of blossom.

To add the taste of Jasmine to the tea, the blossom is placed on top of the spreaded tea for 24 hours. It is has to be refreshed constantly. The old blossom is removed before the scent disappears. In this way, the tea leaves absorb the scent of the Jasmine blossom, which obtain the Jasmin flavor. A natural process to make Jasmin tea.