At a glance
| Founded | 1998, in an old farm shop on the historic Brakfontein Estate near Citrusdal |
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| Founder and managing director | Mientjie Mouton, who grew up on a rooibos farm in the same valley |
| Business | Bulk rooibos exporter and private-label packer to many countries |
| First export market | Bulk rooibos to the Netherlands |
| Certifications | Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, Organic |
| Organic standards | Certified to USDA, JAS and EcoCert European standards |
| Food safety | Fully certified by BRCGS |
| Range | Organic and conventional, produced on Fairtrade principles |
Where these facts come from
We publish only what the company or the trade press has already put on the record. No prices, availability or quality claims are stated here.
Other producers in the valley
Carmién Tea grows rooibos, a crop farmed commercially nowhere else on earth. Our sister guide Visit Rooibos Country covers the wider growing region — the Cederberg and the Suid-Bokkeveld — and the producers across it.
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