drank Noel à Venise by Jardin du Thé
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MissB sent along a sample of this tea as well. From the name alone I knew it was the Dammann blend, not surprising since apparently they wholesale their teas around France in general. As always, it’s one of my favorites. :)

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
Marzipan

Interesting! Do you have a mental list of who does their own?

Dinosara

Not really; the big companies mostly blend their own, although I have heard tell that Fauchon’s are all blended by DF for them. Hediard is another big one that is supposedly Dammann blended. But it seems like a LOT of small French tea companies are actually Dammann resellers; not unlike a lot of small American tea shops are resellers of Metropolitan Tea Co. and others.

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Marzipan

Interesting! Do you have a mental list of who does their own?

Dinosara

Not really; the big companies mostly blend their own, although I have heard tell that Fauchon’s are all blended by DF for them. Hediard is another big one that is supposedly Dammann blended. But it seems like a LOT of small French tea companies are actually Dammann resellers; not unlike a lot of small American tea shops are resellers of Metropolitan Tea Co. and others.

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