Taiga coffee tin

36,00 

The simple coffee tin made of birch bark, ideal for the kitchen for storing around 1 pound (500g) of coffee. Birch bark is extremely aromatic and, as a natural material, is also breathable.

Fair

Handcrafted in partnership and social responsibility with family businesses in Siberia

Natural

A purely natural product made from untreated birch bark. No bleaching with hydrogen peroxide or similar.

Vegan

No animal had to suffer for this tin

Adhesive-free

Simple but clever plug-in connection completely without glue or other chemicals

Antibacterial

The bark naturally contains essential oils, which have an antiseptic and antibacterial effect, thus preventing mould growth

Permeable to air

Breathable boxes made from untreated natural material
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Description

What makes our birch bark tins special?

  • Bark naturally contains essential oils, which have an antiseptic and antibacterial effect, thus preventing mould growth
  • Vegan, ecological and socially fair manufacturing processes
  • Stable, long-term partnerships with family businesses in Siberia, fair wages
  • The bark is completely untreated (no bleaching with hydrogen peroxide or similar)
  • Each tin is unique (different colours, various patterns, knots: simply a natural product)
  • Made by hand
  • No use of chemicals

Why are birch bark tins ideal for storing your food?

  • Flavour-tight
  • Waterproof (birch bark is almost 100% waterproof), cans can be washed out, wiped out
  • Opaque
  • Base and lid made of Swiss stone pine wood to repel food moths, therefore ideal for nuts, flour, muesli, cereals...
  • Conical lid for flavour density and to prevent the lid from falling off if the can tips over

The simple coffee tin made of birch bark, ideal for the kitchen for storing around 1 pound (500g) of coffee. The traditional processing method, where the inner wall of the double-walled birch can is turned outwards, allows for a smooth and pleasant finish. The lid made of Swiss stone pine closes tightly.

Birch bark is extremely aromatic and, at the same time, breathable through its longitudinally oriented lenticels. The essential oils naturally contained in birch bark have antiseptic properties and keep food stored in this natural product fresh for an exceptionally long time.

As the storage tins are handmade from natural materials, the dimensions may vary slightly.

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Additional information

Weight 0,19 kg
Dimensions 10,5 × 20 cm

Reviews

  1. Marta Paczkowska -

    This coffee tin is simply brilliant! Thanks to its optimal size and the non-slip material, it doesn't slip out of your hand. Seals super tightly. I look forward to it every morning when I pick it up!

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Questions & answers about birch bark tins

    The birch bark box is classically round and very decorative. It is particularly suitable for serving slices of bread and biscuits in the centre of the table. It can hold a small round loaf of bread or some pastries. After eating, simply close the lid, place in the kitchen - and your bread and pastries are perfectly stored.

    Your good bread stays fresh for a long time because the natural birch bark

    • regulates the moisture balance by itself and
    • mould formation is thus prevented.

    The bark is removed in early summer harvested from living, predominantly old trees. The cambium is not damaged and the tree can continue to live. Nevertheless, it can happen that it is attacked by pests or fungi before new bark forms and then dies over the years. However, it then enriches the largely natural taiga as deadwood and makes room for higher-value species and young trees. This corresponds to the natural vegetation change. Like timber harvesting, bark utilisation is of course an intervention in the commercial forest. As individual trees in the mixed forest stand are utilised carefully, this is not ecologically problematic.

    • The cans can be wiped with a damp clothbut also under the tap rinsed out if you let them dry well afterwards
    • You can wash out the lunch boxes, also with vinegar water, and then place them in the oven at approx. 60°C for half an hour. This kills any mould spores and the tin can be used as before. To prevent mould growth, we recommend our Swiss stone pine grids. We enclose care instructions with every tin you buy.
    • As a rule, the cans take on the flavour of the stored food, not the other way round. This can only have an effect on the flavour if low-odour food is stored for a very long time.
    • No further care is necessaryrubbing with oil is expressly not recommended.
    • The material used for the completely untreated, sustainable produced vessels consists of the outermost layer of the Birch barkthat we know white. In early summer, when the sap rises in the tree, the bark is easy to slit. The white layer is peeled off and the inside is golden yellow; this is used for further processing because it is more robust and durable than the outside.
    • All vessels are handmade and unique.

    They are:

    • antiseptic (Mould formation can be prevented)
    • Waterproof and robust (therefore washable)
    • flavour-tightopaque
    • Mothproof (Swiss stone pine wood)
    • unbreakable, tight closure, trickle-proof
    • light
    • pH-neutral, soft and velvety like leather

    All dry foods, e.g:

    • Tea, coffee (the tins are flavour-proof), herbs, spices, muesli & flour (trickle-proof), nuts, lentils, dried mushrooms
    • Bread, pastries, cakes
    • We obtain these cans from Family businesses in Siberia (not far from the city of Tomsk), Tim Mergelsberg, the founder and managing director of sagaan, has lived in the region himself and is usually there once a year.
    • We attach great importance to good social interaction and fair payment. For example, sagaan pre-financed the purchase of a family's house as a home and workshop.
    • We pay attention to vegan, ecological and socially fair manufacturing processes. No chemicals are used in the entire production chain. Instead, we rely on plug-in and sewing techniques. Only individual products in the particularly flavour-tight Taiga series use some wood glue on the inside.

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