THE INTELLIGENCE WITHIN: AFRICAN BOTANICALS
Africa has a time-honoured lineage of using plant medicines for healing, its practitioners having a deep understanding of the powerful effects of plant substances on the human body, mind and soul. We have long been fascinated by the medicinal value of the plants found on this vast and beautiful continent, so we embarked on a journey of taste and aroma. But it was a journey that had already begun many thousands of years ago – in every region, local communities have some form of herbal infusion that they enjoy and pass down to subsequent generations.
As with any food crop’s terroir, the context of the African landscape – whether mist-shrouded mountains or hot, dry grasslands – has a profound impact on the complexity of flavour, aroma and medicinal properties of the healing herbs and plants growing within a specific environment. Regional teas such as the Western Cape’s Rooibos, Buchu and Honeybush have become known world-wide in the domain of herbal teas, but Africa’s hidden heritage of healing plants has so much more to reveal. Explore our ingredients here.
The profound knowledge of these botanical secrets is vested in the mostly undocumented oral traditions of Africa’s first people. However, African Infusions has cultivated a rich network of experts, academics, researchers, traditional healers and harvesters allowing us to introduce exciting new ingredients to the world.
AFRICAN INFUSIONS – YOUR GATEWAY TO EXCEPTIONAL AFRICAN BOTANICALS
African Infusions has curated its own botanical ingredient range which draws on the rich biodiversity and history of traditional medicine on the African continent. Through our parent company Parceval, we have three decades of working in this sector and have developed the expertise to cover the full value chain from cultivation and sourcing of botanical raw materials, establishing sustainable supply chains, to product formulation and manufacturing of intermediary and finished products. Our regulatory knowledge is also extensive; we regularly act as industry representatives, consulting on new policy developments pertaining to our industry. Find out more about our services here.
AFRICAN INFUSIONS – YOUR GATEWAY TO EXCEPTIONAL AFRICAN BOTANICALS
African Infusions has curated its own botanical ingredient range which draws on the rich biodiversity and history of traditional medicine on the African continent. Through our parent company Parceval, we have three decades of working in this sector and have developed the expertise to cover the full value chain from cultivation and sourcing of botanical raw materials, establishing sustainable supply chains, to product formulation and manufacturing of intermediary and finished products. Our regulatory knowledge is also extensive; we regularly act as industry representatives, consulting on new policy developments pertaining to our industry. Find out more about our services here.
We know there are many other plants and flavours waiting to be discovered (or rather re-discovered) on the African continent. Passed down from distant memory, rooted in the attributes of the plant and drawn from the deeper wisdom of nature – our teas evoke both the landscape around them, and the African spirit found in each botanical ingredient. And as the health benefits of these teas remain the pillar of our vision, our goal as African Infusions is to introduce our customers to a continent of new flavours; while enhancing their health and well-being.
We take great care to source ethically, being respectful of the sustainability of harvesting and processing practices as well as the original wisdom-keepers of indigenous understanding about these botanical substances.
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