Alghazaleen Tea is a brand of
Ceylon tea
Ceylon tea is both the brand of tea which is produced in Sri Lanka and a historic term describing tea from that land. Ceylon tea has been described as not only a geographical descriptor but also a pillar of Culture of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cultur ...
, grown and packed in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
(Ceylon). It is popular in
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
,
Palestine
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,
UAE
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, and
Afghanistan
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and is manufactured by
Akbar Brothers Ltd.
Alghazaleen is imported to Jordan by the
Amman
Amman ( , ; , ) is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of four million as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant ...
-based Palestinian Trading Company. The tea is grown in the mountains of central Ceylon, and the
Earl Grey
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variety is made using oil from the
bergamot fruit.
Akbar
Akbar (Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, – ), popularly known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expa ...
and Alghazaleen brands won the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing's award for the brand of the year in 2003 and in 2005.
Sixty million cups of Akbar Brothers tea products are consumed daily.
References
External links
Akbar Brothers (Pvt) LtdAlghazaleen Ceylon Tea
Sri Lankan tea
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