Why Buy

Chow.com, a national food blog, files us under "stuff we want to eat right now” and dane101.com says, "they're onto something good!" Readymade.com calls our preserves "artisanal and intriguing" and recently featured them in an online gift guide. Most importantly, our customers consistently tell us they love our preserves and they’ve never had anything like them.

Indulge yourself or give a jar as a gift – we’ll hand-write your message on a full-sized notecard.

How to Use

Eat our preserves with eggs and toast, spread on sandwiches, on top of ice cream, mixed into yogurt - or just dig in with a spoon.
Our preserves are naturals on a cheese plate and versatile for cooking. Check out our recipes and pairings for each flavor.
And send us your ideas...you might end up featured on our blog!

Who We Are

Hi! We’re Matt and Clare, the founders of Quince and Apple. We make small-batch preserves, carefully hand crafting each jar for your eating pleasure. And when we say hand crafted, we mean that the two of us are actually in the kitchen slicing, dicing and caramelizing until all hours of the night. Matt carefully tests each step of the process, tasting and tweaking to ensure each batch is up to our exacting standards. This artisan-centered approach allows us to always use the highest quality fresh produce, adjusting for the differences in season and variety. Enjoy!!

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Figs and Black Tea

$7.99


Description

Full-bodied black tea and sweet, delicate figs combine in sultry counterpoint, creating a thoroughly seductive preserve.

Spread on a sliced baguette or good cracker with goat cheese and prosciutto.

Spoon over vanilla ice cream for an out-of-the-ordinary dessert.

Reviews

“Ambrosial…Grilled cheese sandwich as haute cuisine? A heavenly combination – and recent obsession – that combines cheesemaker Brenda Jensen’s brilliant new Bohemian Blue (Hidden Springs Creamery) with locally produced Figs and Black Tea preserves from Quince & Apple raises the bar forever on the lowly cheese sandwich.” . 77Square, 8.26.9

“Dried mission figs are simmered with Indonesian black tea for a dark, caramel-y conserve that can swing sweet or savory. Take inspiration from Madison coffee shop Bradbury’s and fold the jam into a crêpe with fresh chèvre.” . TastingTable.com, 3.15.10

“The depth and astringency of black tea comes out immediately in the fig flavor.” . Heavytable.com, 1.18.10

“A little reminiscent of the filling in a Fig Newton, but far more moist and delicious. The black tea serves to mellow the fig flavor ever so slightly.” . Dane101.com, 6.18.9

Ingredients:
Black Tea (Water, Black Tea), Dried Figs, Sugar, Lemon Juice and Pectin

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