Certified
ingredients and
innovative flavours
our history
Tekompaniet
Tekompaniet is family-owned and was founded 2000 in Sweden. Today we are Sweden’s largest supplier of certified premium teas. Our base is Sweden, but we are growing internationally. Together with our partners, we are involved in all stages of the value chain. Everything from cultivation, production, transport, marketing and sales.
TEKOMPANIET
We know tea
We are pioneers and market leaders in Organic, Fairtrade and ethically Certified tea. We provide traceability from plant to cup, with tea that is fresh, orthodox produced and of high quality raw materials. We offers teas from India and Sri Lanka and has one of the markets widest selections. Our assortment includes innovative products and traditional teas with different flavours and styles. We have everything from table teas to high-quality prestige brands and are market leaders in organically grown and Fairtrade-labelled tea ranges.
HIGH STANDARDS
Our Commitment
We ensure that teas produced through us always makes a difference. With our code of conduct and certfications we are commited to high standards for our suppliers and partners. We also run various development projects to improve working conditions, fair living conditions for the people who work in the production.
Håkan Kjellström
Our Founder
Håkan Kjellström founded Tekompaniet in 2000. Already as a child, he was fascinated about Asia and as a young man he went exploring India and Nepal. With great interest of the country and culture he traveled and he lived among local people. – It was a life changing experience and an idea began to take shape of doing something meaningful, of helping and developing conditions for people in countries with widespread poverty, says Håkan.
Back home in Sweden, he worked for a few years as a media salesman but the idea of starting his own business took him back to visit Asian trade fairs in different countries. He came to the decision that it was highquality tea he wanted to import to Sweden. – Tea is a handmade craftmanship and it has 5 000 years of history. My knowledge of tea was zero, but the business idea was right to go ahead with. Tekompaniet began right from the start with certified organic and ethical teas.
He began to travel around Sweden, the great coffee drinking country, where the tea selection was often really bad but seven out of ten companies, he visited became customers at once. – Sustainability is an important and central part of our business. From the beginning, most of our products has been produced under ethical and environmentally friendly conditions. With Life by Follis, we have challenged every part of the production. We provide traceability from plant to cup, with tea that is fresh, orthodox produced and made of high-quality raw materials, explains Håkan Kjellström, Founder & CEO of Tekompaniet.
You’ll
love me
because
I’M NOT BITTER, I WAS
MADE FOR YOUR LOVE
Many teas before me are a bit bitter – but why leave a bitter taste? When you choose me you get a sweet happiness in your cup. Let’s focus on what matters – You and I – and we don’t need any milk or sugar either!
I’M AN ORGANIC HERO &
FAIRTRADE CERTIFIED
I love you, the planet, and the lovely people who grow me. I’m Organic and Fairtrade Certified for better working conditions and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers. Choose me, and together we’ll make a difference!
I’M SUPER SAFE,
CLEAN & HEALTHY
I’m not just any tea bag - I’m your super safe and healthy little friend that tastes great. There is no need to add anything and I can keep up with you anywhere. So, where are we going today?