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Travel the world with a cup of tea

Invite great tea powers like China, India and Sri Lanka to your home for a while. Discover the power and charm of tea in one honest cup. A taste experience awaits you if you never underestimate the choice available. It’s not for nothing that “good tea opens many iron doors”. Let a strong black or green invigorate you, or enjoy a fruit or herbal tea. Or add a touch of sweetness to your life with your favorite roasted teas. Choose what you like with us.

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  • Treat yourself to loose leaf tea

    Treat yourself to loose leaf tea

    Watch the leaves slowly swirl in your cup. In no time, you’ll be enjoying that one-in-a-kind aroma.

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  • Cold tea to refresh

    Cold tea to refresh

    Discover refreshing fruit and herbal Teekanne Eistee teas – delicious drinks with no sugar and zero calories, specially developed for preparation with cold water. Perfect for hot days, they offer light and tasty refreshment anytime.

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  • Fruit tea for any weather

    Fruit tea for any weather

    Whether it’s freezing outside or the summer sun is beating down on you, fruit tea is something you can always count on. Either warm or cool, it’ll quench your thirst and satisfy your cravings.

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  • Black tea for humdrum days and special occasions

    Black tea for humdrum days and special occasions

    Are you feeling tired when you get home from work, or are you looking to make a fantastic day even more enjoyable? Black tea is suitable, additionally flavored to suit your taste. Honey is a classic, try something new with spices.

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  • Herbal and functional teas to fight off maladies

    Herbal and functional teas to fight off maladies

    Nature has incredible wealth such as herbs it keeps hidden away. Try tea to lose weight, when you’re pregnant, for your urinary tract, there’s even tea for children and newborns. Ginger tea you will definitely enjoy during cold winters. It is a classic cure when you come down with a cold.

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Tea’s journey to your table

China and India are two of the world’s largest tea producers. While it’s a long trip from there to your table, every step of the way has been carefully thought out and time-tested. It takes carefully nurtured and processed tea leaves to make a hot cup of tea. But did you know that green and black tea both come from the same plant? The difference between them is how the leaves are processed. They are fermented and dried for black tea, while for green tea the leaves are steamed before they are dried.

A recent phenomenon is Matcha tea, with its concentration of antioxidants, several times higher than what you would find in ordinary green tea. Matcha tea also accelerates metabolism. But talking about matcha tea, it is nevertheless still green tea, specifically the youngest leaves from the tea plant ground into a fine powder. Besides green and black tea, you can indulge yourself with fruit teas. They are mainly made from hibiscus and rosehip mixed with orange peel and dried apple. Adding dried fruit gives fruit tea its particular flavor.

How is tea drunk around the world?

Tea is normally flavored with honey and lemon. But elsewhere they are not quite so common. So what are the customs in other countries?
  • In England, it’s black tea with milk

    You’re probably familiar with the English habit of sipping black tea with milk. But have you tried this combination for yourself yet? It’s enough just to follow the instructions for making the tea and then add milk or cream. It’s impressive!

  • Masala chai from India

    There’s a drink in India called masala chai that has come to light. It’s a tea with a lot of spices such as cardamom, ginger, star anise, cloves, cinnamon or nutmeg.

  • Indian tea with cocoa

    Besides milk, people in India also enjoy drinking tea with cocoa, adding cinnamon and cardamom to it as well. The tea has to be drunk while it is still hot, or else it quickly becomes bitter. Truly an unconventional experience!

  • Tea with butter like in Tibet

    If you like to experiment, try Pu-erh tea with a little butter, salt or soda. Tibetans and others living there derive both energy and essential minerals from drinking it.

Interesting facts about tea: It's no tea party!

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