Tea in Paris

Pictures of our tea moments in Paris early this month. 

Darjeeling Oolong Fancy at Mariage Freres Tea Salon

Castleton, SFTGFOP 1

Mariage Freres Store

Tea Menu at Mariage Freres Tea Salon

I was pleased to find the hotels we stayed in served good Japanese teas. So glad to be able to enjoy those greens at breakfast.  

Genmaicha, my breakfast tea at Park Hyatt Vendome

Sencha, breakfast tea at Hyatt Regency Madeleine - loved the pot!

We found salon de thé everywhere in Paris. A decent pot of tea we had in a cafe across from Museum D'Orsay.

Tea at Le Royal Orsay Cafe

Had a wonderful time in Chajin, a cute Japanese tea room near our hotel in Madeleine. The owner, Carol Negiar used to be an Angelino as well. It was nice to chat about familiar places and sites.

Sencha at Chajin

Gyokuro at Chajin

My husband and I had a perfect experience at Mariage Freres tea market and salon on our first day in Paris that we decided to repeat the experience again before we left the city a week later.

Jungpana SFTGFOP1

Marco Polo White Tea

Mariage Freres Tea Museum

Gyokuro Kanro - Ippodo

Today seemed like a good time to enjoy gyokuro again. We really liked the taste but because of its caffeine content, we only enjoy it in the morning either on weekends or on our day-off. It's a Valentine's Day. This gyo would be perfect to flush fat or calorie from my husband's to-die-for home-made chocolate cake we had earlier :-) 

This time I brewed the leaves in the unglazed houhin Banko-Yaki teapot. The spent leaves look fresh, beautiful green in color and feel very soft to the touch. 

We slowly enjoyed drinking this gyokuro through its 4th brew with the company of these beautiful 2 dozens roses from hubby.