le menu du L HEURE DU THÉ

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1 le menu du L HEURE DU THÉ

2 AFTERNOON TEA 1:30pm - 3:30pm served Wednesday through Sunday LE PATRIMOINE DES PERSONNAGES DU THÉ... For centuries, Baccarat has been privileged to create masterpieces for royal households throughout the world. Honoring that legacy we have imagined a tea service as it might have been enacted in palaces from St. Petersburg to Bangalore. Pairing our menus with world-renowned Mariage Frères teas to evoke distant lands we have carefully curated each royal tea to bring these imaginary journeys to life. All items are prepared individually for our guests. There is a share fee of $25 for each additional guest. *20% gratuity will be added to parties greater than 5.

3 KING LOUIS XV A French Tea at Versailles Mélange Rouge Raspberry Éclair Raspberry Mousse Tartelette Red Velvet Macaron Rose Scented Madeleine Tomato White Cheddar Brioche Best Paired with Mélange Rouge 65 Paired with the Rose Petal 75 Paired with Ruinart Champagne Brut Rosé NV 95 So Called Louis the Beloved, King Louis XV was the King Who Issued a Royal Decree to Establish a Glassworks Factory in Baccarat, France in He Enjoyed Life at the Palace of Versailles with His More Famous Mistress, Madame de Pompadour, Supported the Arts and Hosted Elegant Celebrations Featuring Tables Adorned with Baccarat Crystal Pieces.

4 PRINCE OF WALES An English Tea at Windsor Savories House Smoked Duck Pastrami with Plum Purée on Parker House Roll Smoked Salmon with Fromage Blanc on Everything Bagel Lobster Waldorf with Pickled Red Grapes on Bibb Lettuce Avocado Toast with Cucumber and Sturgeon Caviar Butternut Squash Tartlet on Roasemary Shortbread Sweets Seasonal Fruit Tartlette Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake Chocolate Sacher Torte Raspberry Charlotte Warm Housemade Scones with Devonshire Cream and Seasonal Gelée Best Paired with Earl Grey D or 80 Paired with Ruinart Champagne Blanc de Blancs NV 105 Paired with Ruinart Champagne Brut Rosé NV 110 Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, Became The Prince of Wales When He Was Sixteen. His Abdication Over His Love Affair with the American Wallis Simpson was Interantional News. His Most Prominent Commission From Baccarat was an Art Deco Set of Glassware Appropriately Called Pour Le Yacht!

5 TSAR NICHOLAS II A Caviar Tea at Tsarskoye Selo PeTrossiAn caviar For Two Tsar Imperial Ossetra Caviar, 30g Classic Accoutrements Thé Ruschka Infused Blinis Lavender Shortbreads Earl Grey Imperial Caramel Best Paired with Lung Ching Imperial Paired with Krug Grand Cuvée NV 375ml 400 Paired with Krug Grand Cuvée NV, 750ml 600 Nicholas II was the Last Tsar of Russia. During a Visit to Paris, He Fell in Love With the Glittering World of Baccarat. He Commissioned So Many Pieces That Baccarat Created a Separate Furnace in 1906 Only to Fulfill His Wishes. His Ultimate Wish Was to Show the modernity of Russia and to Demonstrate his Love for his Wife. From the Famous Tsar Vodka Glass to the Candelabra du Tsar, Some of Baccarat s Most Spectacular Creations were for the Tsars.

6 THÉS MARIAGE FRÈRES Mariage Frères invites you to share its passion, to travel through an emotional and nostalgic world of tea, by discovering a particular «art de vivre» so called the French Art of Tea. For several generations now, Mariage Frères passion for tea has been governed by an aesthetic sense of refinement and a quest for perfection. It was back in the seventeenth century that the ancestors of the Mariage family established the principles that subsequently developed into a veritable French Art of Tea.. BACCARAT BLEND For the first time ever, Mélange Rouge. Our tailor-made rouge tea. The melodious fragrance of red fruits and precious spices crowned by vanilla and the soft, sweet counterpart of a luscious red-theine free tea. BLANC ROYAL An exceptional harvest of tender young leaves and buds plucked between the misty cliffs and snowy peaks of Scotland. The rich aroma has a hint of clover honey and peach. The whole is blended into a harmonious boquet of incense. LUNG CHING IMPÉRIAL A sensual spring! The leaves are tender with a fine jade colour. Mild grassy overtones convey all the sparkle of early spring flowers with a fragrance of orchids leaving a silky after-taste. À L OPÉR A A lyrical elixir - This distinguished green tea has been enhanced with the subtle fragrance of red berries and precious spices. Y UZU TEMPLE An evocative green tea - It boasts the pleasant acidity of citrus, the richness of mild spices and the rind of Japanese yuzu. NOCTURNE ORIENTAL Romantic nights are evoked with this sensual green tea. It is enlivened with citrus fruits and sweet spices for a rendition of the exuberant beauty of the Orient. THÉ INTERDIT The unspeakable bliss found only in dreams. This composition of grand teas- white, green and blue- is scattered with liquorice root and ginger.

7 MILKY BLUE An ode to eternal pleasures. This blue tea has a comforting fragrance of melted white chocolate. Delicate notes of candied chestnut and crème pâtissière charm the palate. EARL GREY D OR Absolutely brilliant. Gorgeous golden black tea from Assam favours the expression of divine bergamot which offers the cup its zesty tenderness. ROSE D HIMALAYA Considered the Champagne of black teas, this Darjeeling Second Flush has been finely misted with essential rose oil to further pronouce the natural rose aroma. BLACK ORCHID A smooth black tea, round and silky, dotted with sweet notes of caramel, vanilla and spice. SEAJULI ASSAM GFBOP Immediately you are surprised by the golden tips scattered amongst dark, ebony leaves. A vaporous note of clove wood gravitates towards vanilla. A suppleness cools your palate like a splash of rose water upon waking. PU-ERH, 1995 A matured tea selected prior to the rainy season when still covered with down. The pure, pleasant taste slowly unfolds in silken waves with flowery accents and finishes with a sweet taste that increases with age. RUSCHKA A secrative black tea scented with essences of citrus and other fruits, dotted with silver needles. LAPSANG SOUCHONG IMPERIAL The most refined of smoky teas its long, uniformly handsome leaves are carefully smoked over rare wood in a traditional manner. A rich yet subtle tea for daytime. ALEXANDRA DAVID NÉEL Inspired by the famous explorer and tea lover, this black tea harkens back to China and the tea route. The range of spices include pepper, clove, ginger and cinnamon. CHA NDER NAGOR This medley pays tribute to the Half Moon City. Black tea welcomes a plethora of imperial spices: cardamom, ginger, cloves and pepper.