Martin Bergh, managing director of Rooibos Ltd, and Arend Redelinghuys, the company’s marketing director, visited Tharanga Cooray, Rooibos Ltd’s sales manager in Sri Lanka. Together, they paid a visit to Dilmah Teas and met its chairman, FJ Fernando. Headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dilmah pioneered the concept of Single Origin Tea in 1988 when the…
Voetspore is a documentary adventure series where a team of friends, led by Johan Badenhorst, undertake epic journeys throughout Africa. Filming their new television series, they decided to stop at House of Rooibos in Clanwilliam on their way to exciting new destinations.
More than 2 000 tonnes of Rooibos were shipped to Japan in 2018 – the largest consignment since this South African indigenous tea was first introduced to the Japanese market in the 1980s. Martin Bergh, chairperson of the SA Rooibos Council, says it has not been easy breaking into the Japanese market – one of…
Shipments of Rooibos to Japan – one of the world’s foremost tea-drinking countries – have grown significantly since introducing Rooibos to the Japanese market 35 years ago.
China’s first Rooibos Experience Bar has been opened at the Royce Hotel in Shenzhen’s Nanshan district. Visitors are encouraged to come on over and experience a range of Rooibos cocktails and flavoured teas.
In May this year, Gerda de Wet, Communication Manager at Rooibos Ltd, visited Lechitel in Bulgaria.
Visitors from far and wide have recently visited Rooibos Ltd in Clanwilliam to learn more about the product and the processes used to produce Rooibos tea and Rooibos extracts, and about our rigorous quality control measures. These visitors will now be able to tell the Rooibos story based on first-hand experience: Dilmah: Anudini Liyanage, manager…
In May this year, the world’s biggest coffee shop chain, Starbucks, introduced two Rooibos Lattes as part of its spring menu in the UK. The “luxurious” Rooibos Lattes – Rooibos Tea Latte and Red Apple Rooibos Tea Latte – were launched at 950 stores across the UK, which has one of the biggest tea-drinking markets…
Corli Botha, the new Face of Rooibos 2018, comes with credentials. She is the 2016 winner of Koekedoor, a popular baking competition on television, and she has published her first cookbook, Corli se Kombuis. She was elected by die organisers of National Rooibos Day to represent the Rooibos industry and to promote awareness – locally and…
On 15 March this year, a Rooibos activation programme was hosted at the Regent Hotel, Beijing, to increase the awareness and uptake of Rooibos in the Chinese market. The overall objective was to increase the volume of value-added South African exported products to the Chinese market. On the guest list were members of the Chinese…
