Pairing

Tea +
Food WHITE TEAS DARK OOLONG TEAS LIGHT OOLONG TEAS

Subtle and silky flavor. Pair with: Pair with: Pair with:
• Cucumber salad • Grilled vegetables • Scallops, sweet rich seafood
• Mild cheese (e.g. Camembert) • Duck meat and lobster
• Pannacotta • Salmon, trout and bass • Crackers or light salted snacks
• Smoked meat or meat-based
appetizer plates
• Pastries and pancakes made
with maple syrup

BLACK TEAS EARTHY BLACK TEAS GREEN TEAS PU-ERH TEA

Pair with: Pair with: Pair with: Pair with:

• Full-flavored foods, like spicy • Blackened meat, jerk chicken, • Vegetal green teas with seafood • Chicken or stir-fry recipes
dishes and meat mashed potatoes and other • Savoury/toasty teas with light • Oily or greasy foods
• Pastries vegetable gravy recipes coloured meets, pan-fried
turkey or chicken, potatoes.
Avoid sweet foods!
• Fruity green teas with
FRUITY BLACK TEAS SMOKY BLACK TEAS unsweetened pastries, whole
wheat breads. Avoid deep-fried
Pair with: Pair with: or greasy meat recipes
• Sweet desserts, • Intensely flavored food, like dark
chocolate and pastries, meat, blackened meat or even
sweet chocolate