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Bees are not only producers of honey they also pollinate 90% of the plants we cultivate. The busy bees’ work is worth roughly 31 billions of Euro each year. The tiny workers are very important to ensure our supply of fruit, vegetable, nuts and oils. Now they are dying in billions.
 
According to scientific studies a group of pesticides - neonicotinoid pesticides – are responsible for the death of myriads of bee colonies.
 
What can you do?
Let’s join the organization avaaz in its giant global buzz calling for these dangerous chemicals to be outlawed in the US and EU so that other countries will follow.
Sign the petition:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_bees/?fpbr
 
 

We kindly ask for your patience! During this tea campaign almost all of our teas will arrive
(heavily) delayed. Usually it takes four to five weeks for the container ships from Kolkata
via Singapore to Rotterdam or Hamburg. Now the ships will stop in different ports along the
way and need six to eight weeks before they reach their destination. Those delays were
unannounced and unexpected. The reason behind is “slow steaming”. Slower transits shall
lead to improved capacity of trading vessels and reduce fuel costs.
So all we can do now is cling to the German proverb: Wait and have a cup of tea (of 2009)…
 

Now you will find a new logo on our packages – the EU label for organic
products. The “Euro-Leaf” combines the stars of the Europe flag with the leaf as one of nature’s symbols.
 
Since July 1st, 2010 all packaged organic food has to carry the EU organic farming logo. The well-known German bio-logo of ten years, may still be used in addition – so you will find at along as well.
 

On October 4th Günter Faltin was awarded with order of merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by President Christian Wulff. The founder of Teekampagne was  honoured for pioneering the thought of entrepreneurship- the science of finding and implementing business ideas.
 

Maybe you wondered as well what those letters on your tea package mean?
 
FTGFOP1 is only used for whole leaf teas. Tea that consists of fine uncrushed leaves with a delicate taste. In short a synonym for high quality. Besides leaf teas there are also crushed and torn leaves that are referred to as “broken”, “fannings” which are separated from broken- leaf teas which have larger pieces of the leaves by sifting and “dust” with extremely small particles of tea leaves. [FTGFOP1]Orange Pekoe relates to the quality of the tea leaves.  Orange does not refer to the colour but to the Dutch word “oranje” meaning “royal”. Pekoe (in Chinese pak-ho) can be translated as “white” – the colour of the fine fluff beneath young shoots. The F (for flowery) before OP indicates that tender and delicate flower buds were picked for this tea.
 
FOP1 allows conclusions about the care with which the tea was plucked – just two leaves and a bud. The coarser  leaves remain on the tea bush. Only teas from Darjeeling  that meet premium standards will bear the number 1.
 
FTG (Finest Tippy Golden) indicate that the tea has a lot of fine, light coloured tips. Tips are of lighter shades since they do not contain as much cell sap that turns dark during fermentation. As a general rule you may keep in mind the longer the string of letters, the better the tea. FTGFOP1 will ensure a superior quality tea that has been carefully and diligently manufactured.
 

A lot of our customers use the social network facebook – reason enough for us to install a page for Teekampagne as well. We are looking forward to receiving your comments, photos and videos about Teekampagne.
 
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