Peachy Keen

To celebrate the 2024 Pantone Color of the Year, PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz, we’re spilling the tea on Peach Fuzz blend, a unique collaboration between the Color Institute and TEALEAVES. This elevated tea brand has been bringing the world luxurious and sustainable tea handcrafted by artisans in Vancouver, Canada, since 1994. The Peach Fuzz blend brings the sweet and juicy goodness of a ripe peach into your teacup like a warm and rejuvenating hug. Best described as “peachy-keen” all around, it’s a limited-edition loose-leaf blend containing white pekoe tea, elderberry, hibiscus, currant, peach, Saskatoon berry, rose petals, and natural peach flavors. 

“A cozy peach hue softly nestled between pink and orange, PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz brings belonging, inspires recalibration, and offers an opportunity for nurturing. It conjures up an air of calm, offering us a space to be, feel, and heal, and to flourish, whether spending time with others or taking the time to enjoy a moment by ourselves," says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute™. 

This proved to be an ideal color for a new blend from TEALEAVES, which has enjoyed an ongoing partnership with Pantone Color Institute. “Inspired by the comforting allure of Pantone Color of the Year 2024, Peach Fuzz, our blend is an artful expression of well-being and connection," says Lana Sutherland, CEO at TEALEAVES. "It is a harmonious, warming, and comforting infusion for a sensorial symphony.”

The signature tea blend can not only be enjoyed in typical fashion as a steaming beverage but can also be used to create unique cocktails, desserts, and savory treats. Some recipes designed to feature the tea are the Sparkling Peach Fuzz cocktail, a Peaches ‘n’ Cream dessert called the Peachy Connection, and a Smoked Salmon Parfait crafted by the culinary experts at the Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Beach, California.

This isn’t the first Pantone collaboration for TEALEAVES, which released a color-changing vibrant blue blend in 2020 inspired by the Pantone Color that year, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue. The unique and transformative blend contains butterfly pea flower and comes with a pretty cool party trick: adding a squeeze of citrus transforms this Classic Blue tea into a brilliant violet hue. 

TEALEAVES embodies true luxury, from the taste to the design to the packaging and even the sourcing. Going beyond sustainability, the company believes that a truly luxurious product comes with the peace of mind that the planet is cared for throughout its creation. The company’s ingredients are ethically sourced and often come from small, women-owned farms, and its compostable packaging is a rare combination of being both aesthetically pleasing and good for the planet. TEALEAVES strongly believes in the power of rituals and celebrates each culture’s sacred traditions surrounding tea.

For more than 20 years, Pantone's much-anticipated Color of the Year selection has influenced design trends and product development across genres, including fashion, home, culinary, and consumer goods. Pantone’s color experts at the Pantone Color Institute™ choose a Pantone hue that best represents current trends across the globe. According to Pantone’s website, this year’s selection of Peach Fuzz captures “our desire to nurture ourselves and others. It's a velvety gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body, and soul.”

“In seeking a hue that echoes our innate yearning for closeness and connection, we chose a color radiant with warmth and modern elegance. A shade that resonates with compassion, offers a tactile embrace, and effortlessly bridges the youthful and the timeless,” says Eiseman.

In other words, it’s practically guaranteed to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, so take the time to slow down this season with a cup of Peach Fuzz. Savor peaceful moments while you sip on this pleasing elixir, or use it as an ingenious ingredient in a new culinary creation.