Jati

Jati began in 1984 in the garage of a home in Canterbury as the “spare time” passion of a schoolteacher. This passion for teak outdoor furniture quickly became a business. In time, Jati became a household name for quality, everlasting teak outdoor settings and today is still a family run business.

Our collections ranges from English heritage style garden benches, numerous chair designs and different size and shaped tables, the latest contemporary detailing of borderless tables and flat-topped backless benches for a modern appeal.

Our teak is sourced from the dry hills of East Java, Indonesia — a region celebrated for producing the world’s finest teak. Java’s well established, world recognised government-controlled plantations are carefully planned and sustainably managed. Through more than 40 years in business, fostering long-standing family connections to the region — we have access to this premium teak and manufacturing available. Great care is taken in the cultivation of these trees. Our relationship with the plantations enables us to select only the highest-quality teak for our all Jati Furniture.

Take a closer look at our furniture and you’ll see the characteristics that make our teak premium:

• The timber is knot-free and evenly grained.
• The colour is consistent, with no variation.
• There is no sapwood present — and we never apply oil to our furniture, a practice often used to hide imperfections.
• Notice the warm caramel tone? It indicates the teak’s rich natural oil content.
• Our timber remains exceptionally stable under changes in temperature and humidity and will not warp, even after many years outdoors.
• Its dense grain and natural oils makes it naturally rot-resistant and all our hardware is stainless steel or corrosion resistant brass allowing it to stay outdoors year-round.
• Jati teak only improves with age, developing a beautiful silver-grey patina over time.

We take our workmanship seriously. All our teak is kiln-dried to between 8–12% moisture content. Contoured pieces are machine-cut from one single piece for sturdiness. Each piece is precision machine-cut, resulting in perfect mortise and tenon joints — this is an old technique is a reliable way to produce a lasting stable product. Our metal hardware is corrosion-resistant. Final sanding is done by hand, then drying in the gentle natural sun. For finishing a further hand sanding to give an ultra-smooth finish.

This is the care that goes into every item of Jati teak. It is guaranteed to last. Thousands of repeat Jati customers are testament to this. You only need to live with Jati teak furniture to understand it’s true value over the decades. So its not uncommon for us to find our pieces decades later sitting in gardens with a that beautiful grey patina.

Each new furniture piece comes with a five-year guarantee.