The recognized leader in the German market, Teekanne's success started with the introduction of full-automatic tea bag machine designed in 1949 and accepted as a revolution in the world market, creating thus a strong base for the company's future achievements. In 1957, Teekanne launched plant and fruit teas as tea bags, being the first company to do so.
This success was followed by a new tea bag line introduced in 1967 with the aim of producing plant and fruit teas. Awarded ISO Quality Certificate in 1995, the company has managed to reach the production volume of some 7 billion tea bags at numerous plants established in the United States, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Poland, Austria, Italy and Germany.
One of Teekanne's leading tea brands, Sir Winston Tea was added to the company's product portfolio in 1904, becoming rapidly a recognized symbol for quality. The brand was introduced upon careful selection and blending of the finest quality teas from all over the world, as well as featuring a stunning variety of products appealing to everybody's taste. Recently Sir Winston Tea and Botany, another top brand of Teekanne recalled for finest quality, healthy and delicious tea, following the merger of Teekanne and Kutas in 2000.
The Quality Standard of the company is backed by accurate selection of raw materials, thorough quality control at all stages of production, formulation of tea blends by experienced tea tasters and tests for appearance, aroma and taste carried out at all stages. With re-defined tastes and new packages, the products of Sir Winston Tea have 100% natural qualities and excellent taste, and hence, don't compromise Teekanne's fundamental principles. Today the brand offers a wide selection of top quality tees from the best tea gardens worldwide for lovers of English-style teas.
Among Sir Winston teas enjoying the widest popularity is English Tea Blend that can be consumed throughout the day, due to its intensive flavor, pleasant taste and ideal color. Careful selection from many tea plants and accurate blending result in outstanding features of English Tea Blend, composed of Turkish, Ceylon, Kenyan and Indian teas. Available are the following tea tastes: wild fruit, peach and kiwi.
Another popular blend of Sir Winston Tea, Earl Grey is a blend of the finest quality tea enriched with wonderful bergamot aroma. It is named after Earl Grey II who discovered the tea in 1830s during his trip to China. With its ideal color and refreshing flavor, Earl Grey offers unique and wonderful taste for lovers of aromatic tea.
Those giving preference to green tea, should consider Zen-Chai containing exotic aroma of the green tea and the cactus fruit. The unique taste of the tea is inspired by Zen - the doctrine that had a tremendous impact on the Far East since ancient times. Zen-Chai is characterized by its pleasant taste and refreshing aroma, in addition to possessing healing properties due to its anti oxidant characteristics.
Ranked with the most popular Sir Winston Tea blends, All-India Blend contains tea leaved raised at Nilgiri, Assam and Darjeeling - the best tea growing regions of India known for their top quality.