Mariage Frères is regarded by many to be the best tea maker in the world, it supplies tea to the top hotels world wide and has a 153 year tradition in the tea industry. The Mariage Frères store in Paris stocks over five hundred types of tea as well as other tea related products such as tea pots and specialized tea strainers. Their latest innovation are their tea beads which are wrapped in twenty four karat gold leaf. The beads are hand sewn and are designed to bloom in the tea pot.