Mariage Frères, Tea shop and salon in the Marais, Paris, France
Mariage Frères is a tea shop and salon in the Marais neighborhood of Paris, on Rue du Bourg-Tibourg. The ground floor is a retail space lined with shelves of colorful tins, while the salon above offers seating where guests can order tea and food.
Mariage Frères was founded in 1854 by two brothers, making it one of the oldest tea houses in Paris. Over the years, the house developed more than 600 different blends and helped establish a tea-drinking culture in France.
Mariage Frères is known for its tea blends with poetic names like Marco Polo or Eros, each evoking a distant place or story. In the tea salon, guests order from a long menu and receive their tea in the house's signature black and steel pots that have been used since the 1930s.
The shop and the tea salon are both inside the same building, so it is easy to combine a purchase with a sit-down experience. Visiting outside of peak lunch hours is a good idea, as the salon can fill up quickly on busy days.
Inside the building, there is a small tea museum displaying old tins, tools, and family documents that visitors can explore at no extra cost. It traces how the founding brothers built their first trading routes, which is easy to miss if you go straight to the salon.
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