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J.J. Darboven for Business Customers

Find out more about J.J. Darboven as your hot beverage partner. Thanks to our many years of experience in sales, we know that taste is not the only thing that matters - many other criteria are also important.

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J.J. Darboven – more than 150 years of tradition and love for coffee, tea and cocoa

Out of the company founded in a small office in Hamburg’s old town in 1866, a blossoming international company has developed with a wide range of diverse products.

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The J.J. Darboven Shop

In our shop you can buy our exclusive coffee brands. Whether IDEE KAFFEE, Café Intención, EILLES KAFFEE or Mövenpick - here you will find all our products for your home.

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Regional and international - Working for J.J. Darboven

J.J. Darboven is a traditional and cosmopolitan family business. You can find out more about us as employers, our apprenticeships, and current vacancies here.

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Darbohne – J.J. Darboven’s little mascot

We love coffee beans, which is why the little Darbohne is our faithful mascot. Lovingly designed comics told the
adventures of Darbohne in rhyming verse as early as in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

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Over 150 years of coffee culture: Tradition, responsibility and enjoyment

Find out more about the history of the traditional Hamburg company J.J. Darboven: From a small trader of colonial goods to international warm beverage specialists.

Our history

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

The Darboven IDEE Sponsorship Prize for female company founders

The IDEE Sponsorship Prize is the only national award for innovative ideas of female entrepreneurs. Albert Darboven has been awarding this prize since 1997 to encourage women who dare to take the step into entrepreneurial independence.

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News regarding the J.J. Darboven company

Here we inform you about new products, events, and other news concerning our company. In addition, various press releases and contact options are available to representatives of the press.

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Products of organic and fairtrade quality - that's what J.J. Darboven stands for

Since 1866 J.J. Darboven has stood for the high quality of coffee, tea, and cocoa. The company was the first wholesale roaster to introduce fairtrade coffee at the beginning of the 1990s. This has been followed by many other products of Fairtrade and organic quality to this day.

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Our brands - coffee, tea, and cocoa for your enjoyment

Alfredo Espresso’s Italian vitality, Café Intención’s Fairtrade quality, the particularly mild IDEE KAFFEE, the tasty diversity of EILLES TEE, or the chocolate experiments by COCAYA - find out all about these and many more beloved J.J. Darboven brands.

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H.E.L.P - the support project for coffee producers in Honduras

The Honduras Education Life Project (H.E.L.P.) was brought to life in 2016 to mark the company's 150th anniversary and aims to improve the quality of life of coffee producers in Honduras.

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J.J. Darboven stands for social responsibility, sustainability, and commitment

Darboven is getting to it. This applies not only to our dealings with business partners and customers, but also to our diverse social commitments. In Hamburg, Germany and internationally.

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Social and ecological responsibility - that's what J.J. Darboven stands for

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As a family business, J.J. Darboven has always felt obliged to practice and preserve values. Fairness and responsibility for future generations are therefore part of our corporate identity.

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“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.

“Perfection is not a state of being but the continuous effort to achieve completeness.”

-Albert Darboven
For more than 150 years, we at J.J. Darboven have devoted ourselves to roasting the finest coffee beans, producing extraordinary coffee creations and distributing exclusive coffee brands. Brief: We love coffee. And we love tea and cocoa. But what we love above all is sharing our passion for warm beverages.
  • HOMEResponsibility Sustainability Tea & Cocoa

Organic and Fairtrade Certified Tea and Cocoa

Responsible Hot Beverage Specialist

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J.J. Darboven is a full-range supplier of hot beverages, offering not only coffee but also high-quality tea and cocoa products. We have been selling organic and Fairtrade certified teas with our EILLES TEE brand since 1997. Nowadays our customers have a choice of 61 organic teas from our EILLES TEE and PLATEANUM brands, 35 of which have additional Fairtrade certification.

Our cocoa brand COCAYA also stands for quality, taste and sustainability. We have carried organic and Fairtrade certified articles in our cocoa assortment since 2010. Our large selection of teas and cocoas, which are based on high ecological and social standards, enables our catering partners to demonstrate their conduct and sense of responsibility.

Tea partnership

We have been working with Fairtrade since 1997 to improve the living and working conditions of the people at the origin. We are now expanding on this commitment: In the Ethical Tea Partnership, ETP for short, we have found an organisation that shares our goal for a socially just and ecologically sustainable tea trade.

The ETP is particularly committed to fair wage distribution, women's rights, and adequate protection for tea pickers. ETP expert teams are on site around the world and work closely with governments, producers, and aid organisations. Our membership application will be completed by 2018. The ETP-certified tea kinds are to be marketed under our EILLES TEE brand.

Sustainably packaged tea

We do not use metal clips for our tea bags: The thread is attached in an environmentally friendly way with a knot. The jewelry box version of our Tea Diamonds® consists of 70% FSC-certified cardboard. FSC® stands for "Forest Stewardship Council®" and is an international certification  system for wood and paper products from responsibly-managed forests.


All pyramid bags of our SANSIBAR Tea and PLATEANUM® brands as well as the entire organic range of EILLES TEE Tea Diamonds® are made of compostable corn starch, more precisely: bio-degradable PLA. The entire Tea Diamond® range - currently with 44 million pyramid bags delivered - is to be converted to biodegradable material by 2020. This reduces residual waste and saves resources.

Cocaya Premium Organic

With our broad COCAYA range we interpret hot chocolates and cocoa in a contemporary way and pay attention to regionality: In all our products, all whole and skimmed milk powder comes from Germany, mainly from Northern Germany. The same applies to our products without certification for sugar. We sweeten our organic and Fairtrade-certified assortment with cane sugar, which we purchase from Fairtrade cooperatives.



In 2017 we expanded our range of ecologically and socially sustainable drinks with COCAYA Premium Bio. Thanks to the high cocoa content at 25%, the hot chocolate offers conscious pleasure with a particularly intense chocolate note. The new variety is available as a practical Premium Bio Stick weighing 35 g and as a vendable 1 kg package in Fairtrade and organic quality.

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