Mariage Frères (French, Mariage Brothers) is a French gourmet tea company, based mostly in Paris. It was founded on 1 June 1854 by brothers Henri and Edouard Mariage.[1]

Historical past
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The tea trade in France started to increase in the midst of the seventeenth century. [2] Successive generations of the Mariage family remained in the tea commerce and in 1843, by then reflecting their experience and knowledge of the tea commerce, members of the Mariage household opened their first wholesale shop in Paris. [quotation needed] Right now, King Louis XIV and the French East India Firm inspired the exploration of distant lands within the search of exotic items. Round 1660, Nicolas and Pierre Mariage began voyaging on behalf of the royal court docket: Pierre was despatched to Madagascar on a mission for the French East India Company, while Nicolas made several journeys to Persia and India before being named a part of an official deputation despatched by Louis XIV to signal a trade agreement with the Shah of Persia.

On 1 June 1854 Henri and Edouard Mariage, founded the present-day Mariage Frères Tea Company. The enterprise consisted of importing premium high quality leaf teas from the Orient, which have been then traded to first class motels and tea shops in France. [3] For over 130 years the company was managed by 4 generations of Mariage tea merchants who maintained a wholesale-solely enterprise from their Parisian warehouse. [2]

In 1983 the company reworked itself from a wholesale import firm right into a retail firm. The primary tea emporium and tea salon, located on rue du Bourg-Tibourg, opened in the identical building the place Henri Mariage had his offices over one hundred fifty years in the past. The nineteenth-century colonial and exotic furnishings, money registers, counters and tea devices come from the historic former tea workplace and deposit in Rue du Cloître-Saint-Merri. [4] Below the management of Kitti Cha Sangmanee and Richard Bueno, Mariage Frères started opening tea homes within central Paris.

Right this moment, the company operates over 30 Mariage Frères factors-of-sale within France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan. There are 5 Mariage Frères tearooms in Paris.[5] The model is also distributed by a community of resellers in over 60 nations, served in grand accommodations such because the Meurice[6] in Paris, Claridge’s in London,[7][8] Mandarin Oriental Resort in Bangkok[9][10] and Singapore[11] as well as being provided to first-class voyagers on Japan Airways.[12]

Within the early 2000s, an internet store (available in French, English, and Japanese) with worldwide distribution was launched.[13]

There is one unique manufacturing platform in Paris for Europe, in addition to for the rest of the world, and another platform for distribution only in Japan.[13]

References in widespread tradition
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In Episode 11, Season 3 of American Tv collection Gossip Lady, Blair’s mother, Eleanor, returns from a visit to Paris. When she suggests that her mom opens an envelope she had just acquired, Eleanor replies: “However tea first. I’ve the most amazing Lapsang Souchong from Mariage Frères”. [14] Blair suspects her mother has been keeping a big secret from her.

References
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^ “Thé Français depuis 1854”. MARIAGE FRÈRES. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

^ a b Alain Stella: French Tea. Mariage Frères. Photos Francis Hammond. Flammarion, 2003.

^ “Tea and the Guillotine”. TeaMuse. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

^ Gerber, Louis (31 July 2004). “Mariage Frères”. Cosmopolis. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

^ “Mariage Frères”. TeaMuse. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

^ “Dorchester Assortment”. Archived from the original on three October 2009.

^ “Afternoon Tea London – The Ritz Afternoon Teas – English Cream Tea”. Dine On-line. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

^ “Afternoon Tea: London’s Main Traditional Afternoon Tea – Claridge’s”. Claridges. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

^ “Bangkok Resort Info – Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Bangkok”. Mandarin Oriental. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

^ “Bangkok Fine Dining – Mandarin Oriental Lodge, Bangkok”. Mandarin Oriental. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

^ “Luxury Accommodations Singapore – Marina Bay – Mandarin Oriental, Singapore” (PDF). Mandarin Oriental. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

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^ a b “Thé Français depuis 1854”. Mariage Frères. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

^ “Gossip Woman 3.11 Blair Waldorf “tea first””. MrTeafan. 9 December 2009. Archived from the unique on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2017 – via Youtube.

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