With Mid-Autumn Nights just around the corner, TWG Tea reveals a unique assortment of lavish jewel treats to add a touch of shine and glamour to the traditional festive moonlit reunions, or more commonly known in the Philippines as the Mooncake Festival!
A Celestial Treat for Your Festive Mid-Autumn Nights
The showstopper of the TWG Tea collection begins with the Festive Night Tea, signifying the beginning of many radiant celebrations in a brilliant orange.
Accompanied by an exquisite ensemble of eight delectable traditional and snowskin mooncakes, TWG Tea rises to the occasion with five new tempting flavours this season to delight the senses and palate. Perfectly paired with Festive Night Tea, the green tea blends with notes of cherry blossom and a sweet aroma of red fruits and rose petals.
TWG Tea Traditional Mooncake in Single Box
TWG Tea Traditional Mooncakes
Expanding the collection of traditional mooncakes, TWG Tea shines above and beyond with three new flavours. Encased in a rich chocolate brown crust, the Jewel mooncake boasts a rich chocolate crust and a luxurious dark chocolate centre surrounded by Paris-Singapore Tea infused white lotus paste and Amarena cherries.
Add a touch of decadence to your festivities with the remarkable red Ruby mooncake, featuring Ivory Palace Tea infused lotus paste scattered with lemon zest and dried mango, encapsulating a fragrant kaffir lime and almond paste heart. Embracing the vast heavens, Midnight mooncake captures the essence of the universe in a stunning jetblack crust, enveloping an aromatic almond paste centre with crunchy blackcurrants and Blue Lotus Tea infused white lotus paste and dried cranberries.
- Constellation: This iconic signature of the mid-autumn festival holds within a golden crust a smooth and elegant Singapore Breakfast Tea infused brown lotus filling, a scattering of roasted melon seeds and an embedded salted egg yolk heart. A timeless favourite.
- Jewel: Encased in a rich chocolate brown crust, this exclusive TWG Tea mooncake boasts a luxurious dark chocolate orb surrounded by a white lotus paste scattered with decadent Amarena cherry chunks and infused with Paris-Singapore Tea.
- Ruby: Wrapped in a perfectly baked bold red crust, this surprising TWG Tea mooncake features lemon zest and dried mango chunks in an Ivory Palace Tea infused brown lotus paste contrasted by a unique kaffir lime and almond paste heart.
- Midnight: Wrapped in a sumptuous baked crust as dark as the night, this exclusive TWG Tea mooncake showcases an aromatic almond paste centre with crunchy blackcurrants cradled by a white lotus paste infused with Blue Lotus Tea and scattered with dried cranberries.
TWG Tea Snowskin Mooncake in Quattro Box
TWG Tea Snowskin Mooncakes
As graceful as the appearance of constellations in the vast night sky, TWG Tea unveils a delicate collection of four snowskin mooncakes for 2016.
Uniquely handcrafted, the new Flame snowskin mooncake radiates in brilliant orange embellished with a precious gold leaf, capturing a Festive Night Tea infused citrus mousseline and a heart of cherry ganache. Another illustrious gem to join the collection is the new Jade mooncake, decked in a celadon skin enveloping a Sencha infused mousse, ornamented with chocolate crumble pieces and a milk chocolate ganache centre.
A set of four Mooncakes retails at Php 1,840 for Traditional and Php 2,140 for Snowskin. Individual mooncake gift boxes retail at Php 475 for Traditional and Php 550 for Snowskin (available at all TWG Tea Salons & Boutiques in the Philippines; prices may vary in Cebu).
- Flame: Emanating the warm glow of a lantern, a brilliant orange snowskin mooncake embellished with a precious gold leaf, conceals a Festive Night Tea infused citrus mousseline that cradles a lavish heart of cherry ganache.
- Jade: Decked in a skin of creamy celadon, this grand mooncake features a lustrous Sencha infused mousse ornamented with chocolate crumble pieces encasing a milk chocolate ganache centre.
- Pure: An ethereal satin white snowskin mooncake encases a smooth dark chocolate mousse inflected with the fruity and flowery notes of 1837 White Tea, revealing a heart of tangy blackcurrant marmalade and white chocolate.
- Illumination: Concealed in a black snowskin, this exquisite mooncake reveals a brilliant composition of a light, nutty praline infused with 1837 Black Tea and an oriental burst of glowing orange marmalade in a white chocolate heart.
TWG Tea Snowskin Mooncake in Single Box
