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Teekanne GmbH & CO. kg is a German
tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of south-western China and nor ...
trading company, based in
Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...
. The founders Rudolf Anders and Eugen Nissle were the first to sell tea in tins and already mixed teas on a high quality level. Furthermore, they went on to invent the machine-made
tea bag A tea bag (or teabag) is a small, porous, sealed bag or Packet (container), packet typically containing tea leaves (''Camellia sinensis'') or the leaves of other herbs, which is immersed in water to steeping, steep and make an infusion. Origina ...
. Today the family-run company produces 7.5 billion tea bags per year.


History

Teekanne, then known under the name “R.Seelig & Hille”, was founded on 16 July 1882 in
Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
. In 1888 the company was renamed “Theekanne”, old German spelling for "Teekanne", meaning "
teapot A teapot is a vessel used for steeping tea leaves or a herbal mix in boiling or near-boiling water and serving the resulting infusion called tea; usually put in a teacup. It is one of the core components of teaware. Teapots usually have an ...
", and registered as a
trademark A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a form of intellectual property that consists of a word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination that identifies a Good (economics and accounting), product or Service (economics), service f ...
. The registration number 6541 makes it one of Germany´s oldest trademarks still existing. The two employees Eugen Nissle and Rudolf Anders bought the company in 1892; the first to sell blended, packaged tea. The company has remained family-owned ever since. In 1912 the tea brand “Teefix” was registered, along with the "Pompadour" brand. During
World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
, Teekanne provided soldiers and civilian with so called "tea bombs", a sweet portion of tea in small gauze bags. These handmade bags were the precursor to the modern tea bag In 1929 the first tea bag packing machine worldwide was launched, designed by
Adolf Rambold Adolf Rambold (5 October 1900 – 14 May 1996) was a German inventor and engineer. Life Rambold worked for the German company Teekanne since 1924. In 1929, he invented the tea bag packing machine called Pompadour. In 1949, being a co-owner ...
, an employee of the company. The “Pompadour” machine could produce 35 gauze bags in one minute. In 1931 the next generation, Ernst Rudolf Anders and Johannes Nissle, took over the family business. Anders took part in the trip of the
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in the US 1937 and died during the Hindenburg explosion in Lakehurst, United States . During the last days of
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, Dresden and Teekanne took heavy damage. In 1946 the restoration of the company began in modest surroundings in
Viersen Viersen (; ) is the capital of the Viersen (district), district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Viersen is situated approximately 8 km north-west of Mönchengladbach, 15 km south-west of Krefeld and 20 km ...
, Germany, on the Lower Rhine. In 1948 a company for the production of tea bags was founded, called “Teepack”. Adolf Rambold became co-owner and unveiled his fully automatic tea bag machine, the "Constanta", in 1949. It produced up to 160 double chamber tea bags a minute. The revolutionary double chamber tea bag was protected by patent. The company moved his head offices to Düsseldorf in 1957. The further development of the “Constanta” was launched: the “Perfecta”. It produced 400 double chamber bags in a minute and is sold worldwide. Teekanne Austria was founded in
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with their own production in 1951. In 1996 it took over the
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brand "Kandisin" in Vienna, the market leader in the Austria. In 1991 Teekanne returned to its roots and acquired Teehaus GmbH (formerly VEB Kaffee und Tee), in Radebeul near Dresden. This brought Teekanne back to Dresden, its original location. 2006 the German tennis legend
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became the new face and brand ambassador of Teekanne. Sixty years after the production was placed in Düsseldorf-Heerdt, Teekanne opened a new production hall. Due to the high efficiency it has been the latest production hall in Europe in 2014.
Jeschenko Media agency, retrieved 2016-07-22.


Subsidiaries

The following companies belong to the Teekanne Group: * Teepack Spezialmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG, Düsseldorf, Germany (1948) * Teekanne Ges.m.b.H,
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, Austria (1951) * Pompadour Te srl GmbH,
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, Italy (1964) * Pompadour Iberica S.A,
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, Spain (1985) * Teehaus GmbH, Radebeul/ Dresden, Germany (1991) * Teekanne Polska,
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, Poland (1992) * Teekanne s.r.o.,
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, Czech Republic (1994) * Redco Foods Inc.,
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, United States (1995) ** Junket **
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(United States) ** Salada (United States)


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* {{Authority control Tea companies of Germany Tea in Europe Companies based in Düsseldorf Food and drink companies established in 1888 1888 establishments in Germany