Local Tea Hits Retail Market

The project will produce 25,000kg of tea per month working on a single shift, which can be doubled on double shifts. The company currently sources the tealeaves from Malawi.

Speaking at the official opening of the tea packaging plant in Gaborone recently, the company’s managing director Gibson Ntibi said they package loose-leaf tea and tagless tea bags under the brand name Real Tea with the slogan ‘The tea of choice’. “We will be distributing tea at various local stores such as Choppies who agreed to sell it in nine of their shops. The tea would also be available at Shoprite stores and hopefully would be sold in different shops across the country by the end of next week,” he said.