Vintage tin for Pickwick tea bags by Douwe Egberts

Vintage tin for Pickwick tea bags by Douwe Egberts.

• Manufacturer: Douwe Egberts
• Manufacturing date: 1930/1970

Old white tin box with drawn scenes of travelers by stagecoach for PICKWICK TEA by Douwe Egberts

Description
This tin has a rectangular shape and has a loose lid with a rolled edge. Made with a seamed long seam and bottom. The side falls over the bottom. Decorated on all sides and lid. White background with multicolored drawings showing a stagecoach and various people. Gold-colored interior. Text on the sign of the drawing on the lid: PICKWICK TEA

Condition
This tin is in a good vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear.

Dimensions

• Height: 5.3 cm.
• Length: 18 cm.
• Width: 7.5 cm.

Douwe Egberts (or DE) is a Dutch company that processes and trades coffee, tea and other foodstuffs. The company was founded in 1753. In 1978, after a number of steps, the company was completely owned by the American company Sara Lee. In mid-2012, the company became independent and DE goes public as D.E. Master Blenders 1753 NV. After an offer for all shares, the company will be fully owned by a German investor at the end of 2013.

Pickwick is a tea brand from Douwe Egberts. The brand dates from 1937, before that the company sold unbranded tea for the first time in 1753 from a shop in the Midstraat in Joure.

The name Pickwick is inspired by the title of book The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens. The wife of the then director had taken note of this book and suggested the real English sounding name 'Pickwick'.

Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub (bush) native to East Asia. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world. There are many different types of tea; some, like Darjeeling and Chinese greens, have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes. Tea has a stimulating effect in humans primarily due to its caffeine content.

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