Fiori e Sapori

Loewe celebrates craft every year at Salone del Mobile. This year Loewe are focusing on the form of the teapot so last summer they asked us to create a unique blend that explored the traditions of tea, seasonal produce, the Italian setting of Salone and if possible a nod to their famous leather craft.

The blend we created is called Fiori e Sapori (Flowers and Flavours) after the flower and food festival in Milan which as well as Salone del Mobile Design Week heralds the arrival of Spring in the city.

At the heart of the blend is the recently harvested 2025 Bergamot oil from Calabria selected for us by Italy’s pioneer of organic essential oils Gianfranco Todisco. The flavour of this rich green oil is then enriched with the finest French Lemon Verbena, Moroccan Rosebuds, and Croatian Chamomile to create a new style of Earl Grey which combines both fruit and floral flavours. Fiori e Sapori has a refreshing Bergamot peel astringency which is balanced by the sweetness of the tea and rose working in harmony with the Verbena and Chamomile flower notes.

The link to leather came in the form of the black tea we chose to be the base. Usually for our Earl Grey blends we use light teas from Darjeeling. However for Fiori e Sapori we chose the highest grade of gold tipped Assam tea we have sourced in years. This special tea from the Karbi-Anglong small farmers group gives a soft and smooth base to the blend though like leather, it has an incredible strength and structure.

We would like to thank Loewe for their time and incredible support in creating our most complex blend to date.

ORIGIN
Karbi-Anglong Small Farmers tea project in Assam, India.
Soffi Cooperative, Kalaat M’Gouna, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco.
Drvenkar Family. Pitomaca, Croatia.
Alexia Olagnon. Aix en Provence, France.
Blend of Essential Oils Of Bergamot Calabria, prod. Gianfranco Todisco.

PLANTS AND PROCESSING
Blend of Camellia Sinensis Assamica, Rosa x damascena, Matricaria recutita, Aloysia Citrodora and Essential Oils Of Bergamot.

BREWING GUIDELINE
Long brew 7g of tea 350ml of 90-95C water for 1min 45 to 2mins 15 secs or to taste,
Short brew  4g of tea 150ml of 90-95C water for 1 min or to taste,
Delicious with and without milk.

PLEASE NOTE
This tea comes exclusively in the 50g Postcard option.

This tea will be available in store very soon. For further updates please email us at info@postcardteas.com