Mariage Frères is one of the oldest tea companies in Paris. The upper floor of their shop in the Marais district features a little museum of tea. It’s a fairly non-fascinating collection of tea cups, caddies, chests, and scales. The real action is downstairs, where ridiculously attractive men in linen suits inquire about your deepest tea desires (e.g., “do you want to drink this tea in the morning or afternoon?”) and then gently shake giant canisters of tea in your face so that you can smell the amazingness. It’s like being in a porno version of a Joseph Conrad novel.
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