Palais des Thés facts for kids
Palais des Thés is a well-known tea company that began in Paris, France, in 1986. It has more than 100 special tea shops in several countries. These include France, Israel, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, and Russia. The company focuses on getting its teas directly from the places they are grown. They offer over 200 different kinds of teas, as well as tea-related gifts and accessories.
History of Palais des Thés
How the Company Began
Julien Spiess started Palais des Thés in 1986. His main goal was to make tea more common and help people in Western countries understand its cultural importance and delicious tastes. The very first shop opened its doors on rue de l’Abbé Grégoire in the 6th area of Paris.
Palais des Thés Shops Around the World
Most Palais des Thés shops have three main parts. There's a "tea wall" where you can find over 100 different teas sold in bulk. There's also a section for gifts and another area just for tea accessories. These accessories include things like teapots, cups, and strainers.
In 1991, Palais des Thés opened its first store outside of France, in Tokyo, Japan. After that, new shops opened in Brussels, Belgium (in 2001 and 2007), and Oslo, Norway (in 2006 and 2007). They also opened stores in Dublin, Ireland (2008), Tel-Aviv, Israel (2010), Copenhagen, Denmark (2023), and Moscow, Russia (2023). It's worth noting that the shops in Dublin and Tokyo have since closed.
In 2011, Aurelie Pasquet and Cyrille Bessiere helped launch Palais des Thés in the United States. By March 2016, they opened a special place called "L'Appartement" in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. At "L'Appartement," tea lovers can take classes about tea and try more than 150 different kinds of tea.
