Tee | Kaffee - Simon-Brown

Tea & Coffee

Tea is, after water, the most drunk beverage on earth, and the art of brewing tea goes back thousands of years. It is a mysterious, marvellous drink.

From just two plants (tea sinensis and tea assamica), tea develops an almost infinite number of fragrances and flavours, depending on where and how it is grown, processed and prepared.

Simon Brown Tea

Whether in the morning, at lunchtime or in the evening – there should always be time for a cup of tea. Enjoy it and let your mind wander. Then the time is always right. The Chinese thinker T'ien Yi-heng put it into words thousands of years ago, "Tea is drunk to forget the noise of the world." And the German poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing wrote in 1780, "Whether I will live tomorrow, I certainly do not know. But that if I live tomorrow, I will drink tea, I know for sure." There were the fast, sharp-cut tea clippers that brought the new tea harvests from China to Europe and America in the 19th century. Clipper names such as "Sea-Cloud" or "Sea Witch" were highly respected in circles of connoisseurs. The great teas from Simon Brown bear the names of famous tea clippers. Well-known ships in the Simon Brown fleet included the "Ocean Dream", the "Noble Eagle" and the "Pathfinder".

Simon Brown Coffee

Coffee also has a long and adventurous history, with its origins believed to lie in the south-west of Ethiopia in the Kaffa region. Nowadays, Arabica and Robusta are the main types of coffee used for production, with Liberica and Excelsa also used to a lesser extent.

At Simon Brown Traders, we look for fine, aromatic coffee that has been produced by hand and is characterised by its gentle roasting. Simon Brown "Black Bean" comes from Peru, the "Challanger" from Guatemala, "The Glorious" from Costa Rica and the "Breeze of Brazil" is self-explanatory.