What Dammann Frères is known for
Dammann traces its royal tea privilege to 1692, granted by Louis XIV, and was refounded as a modern tea house in 1925 by brothers Robert and Pierre Dammann — now known for its Jardin Bleu blends and wide single-origin range.
Dammann Frères carries two founding dates, and both matter to how the house tells its own story. The first is 1692, when King Louis XIV granted a royal privilege to a Monsieur Dammann — of Dutch origin — giving him the exclusive right to sell tea, coffee, chocolate and sorbets in France, part of the crown's practice of selling trade monopolies to raise money for war. The second is 1925, when brothers Robert and Pierre Dammann built the modern commercial maison on that inherited name, turning a centuries-old royal grant into a working tea business rather than a historical curiosity.
That house is what operates today: an extensive catalog spanning black, green, white and oolong teas, plus infusions, accessories and gift sets, sold through its own boutiques — including a newer Nantes shop — and online. Jardin Bleu is the house's signature blend line, the closest thing it has to a flagship recipe, though the broader catalog runs wide rather than narrow. What distinguishes Dammann from other old Paris tea houses isn't a single tea so much as the length of the claim behind it — a royal document from the reign of the Sun King standing behind a 20th-century family business still trading under the same name three centuries later.
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Best for — French tea blends, loose-leaf tea and infusions
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