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ABOUT

Kusmi Tea is a tea house that cultivates both modernity and tradition with its unrivalled wellness blends, its classics and its famed recipes that are so iconic today.

The eldest son of a peasant family, Pavel Mikhailovich Kousmichoff left home at the age of 14 to work for a tea merchant in Saint Petersburg. The merchant, impressed by his potential, initiates him into the secret world of tea blends and gives him a small tea house as a wedding gift in 1867.

The tea house enjoys enormous success and Kusmi teas become a favourite of the tsars…Pavel sends Vyacheslav to London to familiarize him with the teas in 1907. Vyacheslav becomes a tea expert as well as a talented businessman. He also opens the first British subsidiary, P.M. Kousmichoff & Sons at 11, Queen Victoria Stree.

They set up a workshop in Paris on 75 Avenue Niel (which still serves as a training space for the tea house : Ateliers K) and establish the Kusmi Tea house.

The years between the two World Wars are a time of prosperity for the tea house. Kusmi tea opens locations in New York, Hamburg and even Constantinople.

Kusmi Tea, ever the bold brand, is just as strong as it was back in the time of the tsars. In a little over a decade, the unrivalled tea house has opened 85 boutiques in 35 countries, offering 100 different tea blends (all of which are produced near Le Havre) and employing over 600 people worldwide. A saga that shows no signs of stopping!

Kusmi’s expertise means that it knows how to blend flavors to compose unique teas. Its wide range of flavored teas includes : black tea flavoured with natural essences of citrus, vanilla and spices (Prince Wladimir) and green tea flavored with natural essences of bergamot, citrus, and flowers (Green Bouquet)

HISTORY

  • 1867
    Pavel Kousmichoff starts a tea house in Saint Petersburg.
  • 1907
    A Russian tea house in the heart of London
  • 1917
    The Kousmichoff family sets up shop in Paris on Avenue Niel (which still serves as a training space for the tea house: Ateliers K)
  • 1927
    Time of prosperity for the tea house. Kusmi Tea opens locations in New York, Hamburg and even Constantinople.
  • 1946
    Constantine succeeds his father
  • 2003
    Sylvain and Claude Orebi take over the company.
  • 2012
    Kusmi Tea opens its flagship store on the world’s most beautiful avenue: the Champs-Elysees.
  • 2014
    The Beauty of Blends, a series of advertisement,s places Kusmi firmly in the spotlight
  • 2015
    The first KusmiKiosk, a digital store, is unveiled in Paris.
  • 2018
    Kusmi Tea opens its first store in Seoul, South Korea.
  • 2019
    Renewal open at Tower Palace store
  • 2019
    Launched the signature recipes of Detox, 'Expure'
  • 2020
    Re-launched the 'Best Sellers' as a summer season limited, at 'The Coffee Bean'.
  • 2021
    KUSMI TEA goes Organic, Launched 'New Organic'

STORE (All 1 Stores)

  • Apgujeong 02-545-1867 1F, 16 Dosan-daero 49-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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