Königsberger Thee Compagnie

 

The company was founded in the 19th century by the Borchardt family in Königsberg, at that time a German city, today named Kaliningrad and belonging to Russia. The company moved to Berlin. The name has been changed to Alt Berliner Thee Compagnie (see hompage here). A family member, the grandson of the founder of the tea company, was the German writer Rudolf Borchardt ( 1877 Königsberg—1945 Trins).

Advertising tin plates from c 1900

on the bottom: advertising for the company’s English and Russian blends and Ceylon teas; instructions of how to make tea.

 

 

Size: 10.5 cm diameter, 1.2 cm high.