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Marco Polo Tea

 

A German brand of the company Franz Kathreiner Nachf. GmbH,

Munich & Hamburg. The tea was named after Marco Polo, who in 1295 brought tea to Europe from Asia for the first time (see front panel of the sample tin).

 

 

The Kathreiner company was more well-known for its coffee substitutes produced from figs and malt. In 1943 the company united with their business competitors, Johann Heinrich Franck (producers of coffee surrogates from cichory) to form the Franck & Kathreiner GmbH, later renamed as Unifranck Lebensmittel GmbH. This company is a part of the Nestlé corporation since 1971.

 

 

 

 

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