The world of Dammann Frères

With a history that begins in 1692 when Sir Dammanne received from Louis XIV the exclusive license to import tea into France, today it offers excellent quality tea in a wide variety of flavors in bulk packs, portions and in luxury caskets. Dammann selects the finest varieties of tea directly from the producers and for flavoring uses exclusively dried fruits, flowers, spices and natural essences. Dammann brand is at the top of the pyramid combining quality and luxury.

illycaffè has created a group of companies coming from its desire to create a center of excellence of taste . Dammann belongs to Gruppo illy since . Gruppo illy brings together companies whose the core values are the passion of the products and the quest for quality. They are leading examples of the premium quality sector of the market. The company’s specialization in imported delicacies such as coffee, tea, chocolate that complement coffee, is in some way a return to the roots of the business, when it was founded by Francesco Illy.

A harmony of flavors and aromas
A long journey to the finest tea gardens of the East
Passion for discovering authentic, natural fragrances

Exclusive blends, famous plantations, distinctive flavored tea recipes. Dammann Company is at the top of the pyramid combining quality and luxury.

From 1692, the French company Dammann Frères, has been providing the finest varieties of tea directly from producers. The company utilizes reputable blenders who travel the world in order to choose only the best quality tea and to create unique blends and delicate flavors, with consistent quality over time.

Dammann possesses three thousand different tea recipes. The official catalogue of “Dammann Frères” includes 250 of them, amongst which more than 120 authentic teas and a collection of 110 flavored teas. Flavored tea is a creation of Dammann House. It was the first company globally to create authentic and fragranced flavors with blender Jean Jumeau Lafond (1950).

For flavoring Dammann uses dried fruit, flowers, spices and natural extracts.

The collections that the experts of “Dammann Frères” create from crops that originate in Sri Lanka, India, China, Korea, Vietnam and Japan, as well as Africa and Brazil, are gathered at the facilities in Dreux.

To ensure optimal storage conditions for the tea, Dammann Frères packages its recipes in classic and elegant boxes that are easy to open. The packaging guarantees the excellent preservation conditions of the teas, with respect to the quality of the leaves and in order to maintain the equilibrium of the flavored recipes throughout time.

World packaging innovation of Dammann (1975).

It is a bag made of synthetic material. The ethereal mesh and the transparency of the “Crystal” bag is the result of technological ingenuity, as tea can be packaged and, at the same time, provide extraction quality comparable to that of loose tea.

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