There is a golden delicacy to the Croissant, a purity of form that no other pastry can quite achieve.
The many-layered, intricate preparation produces a wonderful juxtaposition of hard and soft, crisp as a cold morning in Paris, light as footsteps on the rue de Rivoli. You are hungry, and the boulangerie welcomes you in with its symphony of crusts crackling, the old man at the till gives you a look full of buttery dreams; this is it, now don’t mess up your order - “un croissant et un café crème s’il vous plaît”. Parfait.
Perhaps you have just visited a friend in the City of Light; perhaps you’ve fallen in love with a Parisian; perhaps (and we don’t blame you) you’ve fallen in love with an actual croissant: write them (or it) a letter.
"Croissant"
Quotation
She started her first croissant again on the morning the papers an-announced the wreck of the Lusitania. Dipping it into her coffee, she arranged her newspaper so that it would stay open without her having to deprive her other hand of its function of dipping, and exclaimed with horror, “How awful! It’s more frightful than the most terrible tragedies.” But those drowning people must have seemed to her reduced a thousand-fold, for, while she indulged in these saddening reflections, she was filling her mouth and the expression on her face, induced, one supposes, by the savour of the croissant, precious remedy for her headache, was rather that of placid satisfaction.
- Proust
Croissant Fact
It is widely understood that the croissant of today is a descendent of the ‘kipferl’ (or kipfel) - an Austrian, crescent-shaped pastry that resembles a thinner, denser croissant made with a generous amount of butter and often served topped with sugar and almonds. According to legend, the kipferl originated in the late 17th century as a celebration of the victory over the Ottoman Empire at the siege of Vienna.
Product Information
Product includes:
- One letterhead (125gsm).
- One envelope (125gsm).
- One second class stamp for every five letterheads purchased.
Delivery
We charge £2.50 to deliver small orders. Orders of 15 or more letterheads qualify for free delivery.
