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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.

Apprenticeship at J.J. Darboven

Our owner takes care of the quality of our apprenticeships personally. We offer both administrative and technical
apprenticeships.

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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.

More about our certifications

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.

To brand diversity

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.

More about H.E.L.P

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

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.

“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.

HOME Responsibility Sustainability At the Place of Origin

The people in our coffee’s countries of origin are particularly close to our hearts. To support them, we were the first major roaster to launch Fairtrade-certified coffee on the German market in 1993 - a pioneering achievement for which we received the Fairtrade Award in the “Producer" category in 2009.

Since 2016, we have been improving the living conditions of coffee producers in Honduras with our H.E.L.P. project. J.J. Darboven is not just committed to people but also to nature. For example, with certified organic products that are cultivated in a particularly environmentally friendly way.

Coffee enjoyment with attitude:
Café Intención

Café Intención's Fairtrade and certified organic products offer a responsible way to enjoy high-quality coffee. Since the end of 2017, Café Intención has been encouraging caterers and consumers to think about fairness under the motto "Café Intención for Fair Thinkers".

H.E.L.P.

For its 150 year anniversary in 2016, J.J. Darboven started a long-term support project for coffee farmers in Honduras. In the structurally weak region of Santa Barbara, 250 small farmers benefit from H.E.L.P.'s professional assistance in production planning and coffee cultivation. J.J. Darboven employees regularly check the progress on site. While the average annual yield of the participating farmers at the start of the project was still below that of the entire country, the yield increase of 80% in 2017 significantly exceeded the national average.

The Fairtrade label guarantees that a minimum price is paid for the raw materials we purchase, which covers the living and production costs of the producers in the countries of cultivation. In addition, the so called Fairtrade fund enables economic and social development projects.

Products with the EU Organic Label have been farmed organically and meet the requirements of the EU Organic Regulation.

100% of our coffee bearing this seal originates from Rainforest Alliance certified farms. The independent environmental protection organisation focuses on the conservation of tropical rainforests and their biodiversity.