The Combier story began nearly 175 years ago at 48 Rue Beaurepaire in the picturesque village of Saumur, 200 miles southwest of Paris in the heart of France’s historic Loire Valley.

Jean-Baptiste Combier and his wife, local confectioners by trade and operators out of their own kitchen, shared the dream of inventing something new, something that had never before existed, something with just the right spice, just the right smell and just the right taste – a flavor that was truly an original.