Copenhagen Sparkling Tea LYSERØD
Copenhagen, in pink.
Composed in Copenhagen by Danish sommelier Jacob Kocemba, who one night at a Michelin-starred restaurant — wine cellar of seventeen hundred bottles at his back — could not find a single match for a dessert on the menu. He started experimenting with tea extracts. Hundreds of trials later, he had the basis for what would become a new category. In 2017, he partnered with Bo Sten Hansen and founded Copenhagen Sparkling Tea. LYSERØD — pink, in Danish — is the rosé expression.
Built around 23% oolong tea, 16% Silver Needle white tea, and 22% hibiscus, with black tea leaves running beneath. Hand-brewed in small batches at temperatures specific to each leaf, then combined with grape juice and a touch of organic lemon, carbonated, and rested in the bottle for two to three months before release.
The result is the driest of the family — somewhere between a dry rosé champagne and a light red like Beaujolais or Lambrusco. Ripe red berries at the front, hibiscus floral beneath, a comfortable oolong tannin running through, and a whisper of mint at the close. Light pink in the glass.
The Pour
Pour it cold from the bottle into a flute or white wine glass — 41–45°F, the way it is served at the table. As the aperitif before salty dishes, oysters in particular, anything from the seafood end of the table. Through the meal with chicken, pork, or seared tuna. Or simply on its own — the dry rosé that pours from a tea bottle.
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Origin — Copenhagen, Denmark. A blend of organic teas — oolong (23%), Silver Needle white (16%), hibiscus (22%), black tea — with grape juice and lemon.
Character — Ripe red berry, red apple, soft hibiscus, light mint. Light tannin from oolong.
Structure — Dry. Light to medium body. Round, gently tannic finish.
Moment — Aperitif. The seafood table. Oysters in particular. Spring and summer.
Service — 41–45°F. Flute or white wine glass.
Proof — Zero. 0.0% alcohol.
