Pairing Tea with Sweets – Plus, a Creme Brulee Recipe

Take the time to relax, reflect and enjoy your favorite cup of tea with dessert after a meal.

 

What could be more enjoyable? Served alongside desserts, classic flavored teas and tisanes can highlight both the sweet and the drink. Perfectly paired treats will enhance (not overpower) what you’re sipping.

For straightforward suggestions, try these:

• Jasmine or Sencha green tea with fruit desserts
• Chamomile with honey madeleines
• Hibiscus herbal teas with cobblers or muffins
• Peppermint with chocolate mousse
• Strawberry Ginger herbal tea with macarons
• Assam with crème brulee

Love chai?

Enjoy the full-bodied Tiger Chai Black Tea with classic pound cake, brownies, cinnamon baked goods, unflavored cheesecake and apple muffins.
 

Are floral notes your favorite?

Try Very Velvet Oolong or Harmony Tulsi Herbal Tea which are both delightful with lavender shortbread and macarons. Pair light floral teas with rich brownies: the lightness of the tea compliments the richness of the brownies perfectly.
 

Pairing tea with chocolate is a world of exploration.

There are a few classic guidelines to use. You can look for pairings that have similar flavor characteristics, or you can find combinations where the tea and chocolate contrast each other. Oriental Beauty Oolong or Jasmine with Flowers Green Tea complement dark chocolate as the floral notes in both are highlighted. Green Walnut Green Tea goes well with the nuttiness of other dark chocolates. On the complimentary side of pairing, a spicy Masala Chai is enhanced by a creamy milk chocolates.

 

If you prefer fresh fruit for dessert, you’re in luck.

Tea is a fitting accompaniment! Pair grapes and melons with Bai Mu Dan White Tea. Try Sweet Mirabelle Green Tea with stone fruits. There are many teas to bring out the natural sweetness and flavor of a fruit snack or dessert. 

Do you want your tea to shine as an abundantly flavorful dessert itself?

Try the decadent Carrot Cake Rooibos. Like a slice of homemade carrot cake, this rooibos blend is rich, satisfying, sweet and spiced. The autumn colors hint at its rich, warming flavor. The flavor follows suit with hints of carrot, coconut, raisins, walnuts, ginger, cloves and maple brittle. The soft, woodsy sweetness of organic honeybush and organic rooibos round out the blend, making it extra soothing and satisfying. 

Or try Blueberries & Cream Rooibos for a delicious guilt-free dessert. This gorgeous herbal blend combines violet-hued cornflowers with orangey-brown rooibos. Infused, Blueberries & Cream is ruby red in color, with aromas of homemade blueberry jam and lightly sweetened yogurt. Flavors of sweet, juicy blueberries meet the sweet, woodsy flavor of rooibos and a subtle (yet essential!) cream note. A lingering aftertaste of fresh, ripe blueberries makes pairing this tea entirely superfluous.
 

Are you into baking?

The distinct citrus flavor of Earl Grey is the perfect match for lemon cake drizzled with dark chocolate (learn more about our Earl Grey teas here). The malty notes of Mokalbari Assam will balance sweetness and compliment creamy desserts. The traditional English Breakfast goes perfectly with shortbread or a berry pie. Explore and discover flavors that complement each other, for you. Our Carrot Cake Rooibos pairs perfectly with freshly baked Carrot Cake Muffins. 

Here is a spicy, decadent dessert and tea combination to try. Pair this recipe for Crème Brulee with Cinnamon Roll Black Tea:

Here is a spicy, decadent dessert and tea combination to try. Pair this recipe for Crème Brulee with Cinnamon Roll Black Tea: