Kusmi Tea
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Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
with headquarters in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
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. The company, which produces Russian-style teas and tea blends, was established by Pavel Michailovitch Kousmichoff (Павел Михайлович Кузьмичёв, 1840-1908) in 1867 in St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Upon the onset of the Russian Revolution
Russian Revolution of 1917
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. The Tsar was deposed and replaced by a provisional government in the first revolution of February 1917...
in 1917, the Kousmichoff company relocated to France. The company has changed hands several times since then.
The company sells and markets a wide variety of blended and flavoured
Tea blending and additives
Tea blending describes the process of blending different teas together to produce a final product. This occurs chiefly with black tea that is blended to make most tea bags but can also occur with such teas as Pu-erh, where leaves are blended from different regions before being compressed. The aim...
teas.
Russian teas
Chinese tea
The practice of drinking tea has had a long history in China, having originated there. The Chinese drink tea during many parts of the day such as during meals for good health or for simple pleasure.-History:...
, Indian, and Ceylon teas, often flavored with bergamot
Bergamot
Bergamot may refer to:*The Bergamot orange*Monarda, genus of herbs of similar odor to the Bergamot orange; in particular**Monarda didyma, called Bergamot, Scarlet Beebalm, Scarlet Monarda, Oswego Tea, or Crimson Beebalm...
, citrus
Citrus
Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed to have originated in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeastern India, Myanmar and the Yunnan province of China...
fruits, cinnamon
Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum that is used in both sweet and savoury foods...
, or other scents. They are available as loose tea leaves or in tea bags, and include:
- Prince Vladimir (a blend of Chinese tea with citrus fruits, vanilla, and spices)
- Troika (a blend of Chinese, Ceylonese, and Indian teas with bergamot, orange, and mandarin orangeMandarin orangeThe orange, also known as the ' or mandarine , is a small citrus tree with fruit resembling other oranges. Mandarin oranges are usually eaten plain or in fruit salads...
) - Anastasia (a blend of Chinese and Ceylonese teas flavoured with scents of bergamot, lemon and orange blossom.
- Bouquet of Flowers no. 108 (a blend of Chinese and Ceylonese teas, with scents of bergamot, citrus fruits, and flowers)
- St Petersburg (a blend of Chinese tea with bergamot, red fruits, and caramel)
- Polish Blend no. 18 (a blend of Chinese and Ceylonese teas, with bergamot, lemon, and lime)
- Zoubrovka (a blend of Chinese tea with scent of buffalo grassSweet grassHierochloe odorata or Anthoxanthum nitens, also known as sweet grass, buffalo grass, bison grass, holy grass , manna grass, Mary’s grass, seneca grass, sweetgrass, or vanilla grass, is an aromatic herb which grows in northern Eurasia and in North America...
) - Petrushka Christmas Tea (a spicy blend of Chinese tea, with orange, almond, vanilla, and spices)
- Kashmir Tchai (a spicy blend of tea and spices according to a traditional NepalNepalNepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
ese recipe) - Traktir (a slightly smoked blend of Chinese and Ceylonese teas, with citrus fruits and spices)
- Samovar (a blend of slightly smoked Chinese and Indian teas)
Flavored black teas
- 4 Red Fruits
- Cinnamon
- Caramel
- Chocolate
- Spicy Chocolate
- Mint Chocolate
- Earl Grey
- Earl Grey with flower
- Earl Grey Smoky
- Lotus flower
- Apple
- Rose flower
- Bourbon Vanilla
- Violet
Flavored green teas
- Jasmine
- Jade pearl with jasmine
- Almond green tea
- Green tea with spearmint
- Green Bouquet
- Ginger Lemon green tea
- Green St. Petersburg
- Green Troika
- Green Zoubrovka