About Us
Serengeti Teas & Provisions
Serengeti Teas and Provisions introduces Natural African Teas, Herbs and Botanical Exploration in Experience, Origin, and Authenticity. Ensuring the customer an enriching experience and a delicious nourishing result. Serengeti Teas and Provisions offer teas to awaken the taste buds. Explore and discover the pleasure of our products. Through our exploration in African teas, botanicals, coffees, cocoa, and wellness products, we thrive to enhance the experience and engagement of our customers.
At the forefront of African Tea Gastronomy, we continually draw from our vast collection of fine harvested teas and signature blends. Integrating a myriad of these signature teas and specialty blended products into delicious brews for your enjoyment and in recipes is a precious component of our service. Imparting superbly unique flavors that celebrate the taste buds, tantalizing the palate, and introducing botanical sensations and flavors to gourmands, customers, and tea lovers is the experience that awaits you.
All our products are entirely conceived, crafted and delivered to ensure the very finest quality to you. The world of aroma and flavor in our products have no limits – vegetal, woody, floral, robust, classic, marine, earthy, grassy, citrus, fruity, soft tingle, tart and smoky. Using rich bouquets of tea leaves, coffee beans, cocoa beans, herbs, spices and dry fruits brighten the cup. Keeping the coffee and hot chocolate blends balanced and never over roasting the beans ensures taste and an uplifting finished cup for your enjoyment. Your senses of smell and taste help in distinguishing roundness, softness, strength, astringency and aromas. Serengeti Teas and Provisions create products to awaken this in you. Learning how to discover and express the sensations and impressions felt while tasting our product will be the next step. Enjoy and be delighted with love from Africa.
Caranda-Martin Serengeti Teas and Provisions founder recalls memories while growing up in West Africa, Liberia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Guinea and traveling with his ethno-botanist grandmama Lulu Caranda throughout the African Serengeti and the Continent. Studying tea and botanical plants, and the healing properties were the highlights of trips and our way of life. Sharing this through Serengeti wellness products creates a unique position as an African Tea brand, while targeting a healthy lifestyle audience. Caranda-Martin is 5th Generation farmer specializing in tree crop products, tea, coffee, cocoas, herb, botanicals, with over 15 years working in and out of Africa in the agriculture, tea, herbs, and coffee trade.
Serengeti Teas and Provisions offers our customers:
Dedication to Quality of Product & Pleasure in Taste
Serengeti products are designed to enhance your expectations of tea, coffee, and cocoa from Africa as a commitment to our customers.
Caranda-Martin our founder is a New Yorker with family roots in Ghana, and Liberia. Caranda-Martin is enthusiastic about working with women producers in tea, coffee, and diaspora wellness. He enjoys sourcing quality inventory, improving the African Diaspora tea, wellness, and coffee cultures, with product offering in the global and emerging markets. Building a brand that aims to prioritize carbon reduction and environmental sustainability.
Quality and Cultivation Care in Tea Harvesting:
The quality of tea depends heavily on how it is cultivated and harvested. Every stage of the tea-growing process—soil preparation, planting, pruning, and picking—directly impacts the flavor, aroma, and overall value of the tea.
Skilled farmers carefully monitor growing conditions, including soil health, rainfall, and temperature, to ensure the plants develop their full potential. Harvest timing is critical: premium teas are often handpicked during specific seasons when the leaves or buds are at their peak, ensuring the finest quality and most refined flavors. This meticulous care not only guarantees a superior product but also preserves the unique characteristics of each tea variety.
Environmental Care in Tea Cultivation:
Sustainable farming practices are essential in tea cultivation to maintain the delicate ecosystems where tea grows. Using organic fertilizers, natural pest control, and minimal water waste helps protect the environment where our teas grows, while ensuring healthier tea plants. Reducing the carbon footprint through eco-friendly methods, such as shade-grown cultivation, also mitigates the effects of deforestation and soil erosion.
Environmental stewardship is increasingly important to modern consumers, who value eco-conscious brands. By committing to sustainable practices, our tea producers not only contribute to biodiversity conservation but also support local communities with fair wages and long-term employment opportunities. Sustainable tea harvesting strikes a vital balance between economic growth and environmental responsibility, ensuring that both nature and future generations continue to thrive.
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