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Two Paris tea houses with counters across the city. Mariage Frères, founded in 1854, has sold over the counter in the Marais since 1984 and now runs seven counters, with tea rooms in the Marais and at Étoile and tasting workshops on rue Cler; its loose teas go by weight, mostly from 100 g. Kusmi Tea, founded in St Petersburg in 1867 and in Paris since the Russian Revolution, has eight boutiques, from avenue de l'Opéra to the big railway stations, with flavoured blends such as Anastasia beside plain teas sold loose by the 100 g.
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01Loose-leaf specialistMariage Frères
Le Marais, Étoile, Rive Gauche, Madeleine, Montorgueil, Tour Eiffel, Saint-Germain-des-Prés
15 prices listedMariage Frères
30 rue du Bourg-Tibourg, 75004 Paris
A Paris tea house founded in 1854, whose Marais counter on rue du Bourg-Tibourg sells loose tea by weight and runs a tea room at the same address.
In storeShips onlineSince 1854Daily 10:30–19:30 (tea counter) · 12:00–19:00 (restaurant & tea room)
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The Marais counter of the Paris tea house founded in 1854, with a restaurant and tea room at the same address. Loose tea by weight, from Marco Polo and Formosa oolongs to 2026 spring Darjeeling and Yin Zhen, mostly from 100 g; the house also sells online.
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Website: mariagefreres.com
02Loose-leaf specialistKusmi Tea
Opéra, Marais, Rue des Rosiers, Saint-Lazare and four more Paris boutiques
15 prices listedKusmi Tea
49 avenue de l'Opéra, 75002 Paris
A tea house founded in St Petersburg in 1867 and based in Paris since the Russian Revolution, with eight boutiques in the city and a tea bar on avenue de l'Opéra.
In storeShips onlineSince 1867Opéra: daily 10:00–20:00
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The Paris tea house that began in St Petersburg in 1867, with eight boutiques in the city; the one at 49 avenue de l'Opéra is open daily 10:00–20:00 and has a bar for matcha lattes, bubble tea and teas to take away. Loose tea by the 100 g: Anastasia and Prince Vladimir at €15, Earl Grey at €14.10, Long Jing at €22.10, with 300 g and 500 g bags at the same rate per gram.
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Currency, grams & tea bags
Each price keeps its original pack size. A box of bags and a pouch of loose leaf aren’t a like-for-like comparison.
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- 五玄土 ORIENTO · Original photograph · Unsplash License
- Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- happy_serendipity from Frankfurt, Deutschland · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 2.0