Mariage Freres  

 

 

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38 King Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8JR

 

 

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France's oldest tea house, Mariage Freres , trading in Paris since 1854, offers 1,000 different teas and a museum of tea, housed in a beautiful five-storey listed Georgian townhouse on Covent Garden's King Street. Offering the largest collection of teas in the world, from vintage and rare to fruit and herbal, the UK flagship of Mariage Freres combines a stunning retail space with a restaurant specialising in tea gastronomy, a tea museum and two private event spaces. The Comptoir de The? on the ground floor is an expansive tea emporium, incorporating the longest tea wall in the world, with close to 1,000 varieties of rare teas from over 36 countries. The collection covers tea of every colour - from white, yellow, green, blue and black to red - displayed apothecary-style in antique black canisters alongside fruit teas, vintage varieties, unique harvests and the brand's ??signature Marco Polo blend . The ornate 100-cover Salon de The? is o n the first floor with the Muse?e du The? on the floor above, showcasing a collection of curiosities, tea chests, pewter boxes, caddies and teapots - it gives a fascinating insight into the history of tea.

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