Recipes

A mortar and pestle grinding tea leaves to dust, orange zest in the butter, a log of dough waiting in the fridge: Noël en Laponie Tea Bags N°695 from Dammann Frères, green tea with cinnamon, pink peppercorn, orange and cranberry, turn into holiday shortbread.

The pop of berries bursting in a simmering pan, then a spoonful beside a soft wedge of Brie: Noël en Laponie N°695 from Dammann Frères, a limited-edition green tea with cinnamon, pink peppercorn, cranberry and bitter orange, spices up the holiday cheese board.

Cranberries bobbing in a hot punch, a slice of orange on every glass, windows fogged by winter: Noël en Laponie Box of 6 Sachets N°695 from Dammann Frères, a limited-edition green tea with pink peppercorn, cinnamon, cranberry and orange, warms a holiday gathering.

Mint crushed with cane sugar and lime at the bottom of the glass, crushed ice, a splash of bubbles: here Dammann Frères’ Miss Dammann Tea N°477, with real pieces of ginger, lime and passion fruit, stands in for rum, spirited without the spirits.

Pineapple chunks, passion fruit pulp and lime slices crowd the pitcher, and the ice does the rest; Dammann Frères’ Miss Dammann Iced Tea N°477, green tea and ginger with lime and passion fruit, makes a spirited, tangy companion to sushi or ceviche.

Butter browning to a nutty gold, then a small green stick tipped into the almond batter: Dammann Frères’ Matcha Tradition, harvested and packed in Japan in pre-measured sticks, colors these financiers with its vivid, vegetal note.

Puffed from the oven and dusted with powdered sugar, a clafoutis that smells like a Parisian macaron: Dammann Frères’ Macaron Cassis Violette Tea Bags N°313 infuse the milk with blackcurrant, bitter almond and violet over a fresh green tea.

Instead of coffee, the ladyfingers soak up a cool, fragrant tea before disappearing under mascarpone, strawberries and passion fruit; Dammann Frères’ L’Ôriental Tea N°2, green tea with passion fruit, bush peach and wild strawberry, gives the dessert its gently exotic air.

The spoon taps, the caramel shatters, and beneath it the cream carries apricot, bergamot and vanilla: Joli Coeur Tea N°656 from Dammann Frères, a Chinese Sencha with a lovely gourmet sweetness, has steeped in it before baking.

Lift the lid after ten minutes of rest and a floral steam escapes from the pot; cooked in Dammann Frères’ Jasmin Tea Bags, a full-bodied Chinese green tea softened by white jasmine, the rice becomes a fragrant bed for steamed fish.

Little spheres of frozen honeydew clink in the glass in place of ice cubes, then the chilled tea pours in with its scent of white flowers: Dammann Frères’ Jasmin Chung Hao Iced Tea N°13, made for a summer lunch in the garden.

Straight from the oven, the fruit still bubbles beneath a golden crumble; the Chinese green tea in Dammann Frères’ Jardin du Trocadéro Candy Box, flavored with rhubarb, strawberry and wild strawberry, has slipped into the filling and waits in the cup beside it.