Following its wine and mixology collections, Saint-Louis has designed two organoleptic tea sets inspired by Asian and European rituals, in collaboration with Agronomist and Tea sommelier Lydia Gautier.

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Whether green or coppery, white, or black, “the crystal tea tumbler reveals the tea’s robe. It makes the liquor more luminous, almost dazzling,” says expert Lydia Gautier, employing oenological and aromachological terms. “Tea has its top, middle and base notes like perfume, expressing a terroir, a landscape, and sensations. A blend of aromas and taste, creating these flavors, qualifies it as a beverage.”

Saint-Louis has modulated the flare and height of the tumblers to elevate all the subtleties brought by tea plants, generically called Camellia Sinensis. “The tumbler with a wider rim can aerate black tea, while the narrower one helps to concentrate the fragrance of green tea,” the tea sommelier continues. “The third one, introduced as the ‘concentrated tea tumbler,’ is inspired by Asian rituals.”

The liquor brews secretly in a Limoges porcelain teapot, tailor-made for the Apollo collection, topped with a crystal lid. The European-style Great teapot is dedicated to a larger volume of mild liquor. And the Charming teapot paired with its pouring pot, allows a moderation of the infusing time, a conventional ritual in Asia that is not yet widely practiced in France. The specialist states her observation that, “Formerly well separated, the two practices now intersect at the whim of tea lovers which also elevates the arts of the table.”