Yoosuf Akbani is one of the oldest Indonesian Tea exporters.

History

Yoosuf Akbani proudly is one of the oldest Indonesian Tea companies having been established in 1937.

Yoosuf T. Akbani arrived in Java from British India in 1919 to work for a sugar conglomerate. Later started trading Tea with some partners before setting up Yoosuf Akbani in 1937.

Initially, Yoosuf Akbani would buy teas from Dutch & British owned plantations in Indonesia and export to Egypt, Sudan & the Middle East. In those days, Tea would be shipped using wooden chests (if you look closely, you can see wooden Tea chests through the window in the picture above).