Alghazaleen Tea

{{Short description|Ceylon tea brand}}

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Alghazaleen Tea is a brand of Ceylon tea, grown and packed in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). It is popular in Jordan, Palestine, UAE, and Afghanistan and is manufactured by Akbar Brothers Ltd.{{cite news|title=Akbar brothers win international Brand of the year award|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/12/03/bus11.html|accessdate=4 September 2010|newspaper=Daily News|date=3 December 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017051522/http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/12/03/bus11.html|archive-date=2012-10-17|url-status=dead}} Alghazaleen is imported to Jordan by the Amman-based Palestinian Trading Company.{{Cite web| title = Al Ghazaleen Tea – PTC| work = Palestinian Trading Company| accessdate = 2018-05-19| url = http://palestinian-trading.com/al-ghazaleen-tea/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180520124622/http://palestinian-trading.com/al-ghazaleen-tea/| archive-date = 2018-05-20| url-status = dead}} The tea is grown in the mountains of central Ceylon, and the Earl Grey variety is made using oil from the bergamot fruit. Akbar and Alghazaleen brands won the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing's award for the brand of the year in 2003 and in 2005.{{cite news|title=Akbar Brothers win SLIM 'Brand of the Year' award Twenty three million cups of Akbar tea drunk every day|url=http://www.island.lk/2005/10/16/business2.html|accessdate=4 September 2010|newspaper=Sunday Island|date=16 October 2005}} Sixty million cups of Akbar Brothers tea products are consumed daily.{{cite news|title=Akbar Brothers win three Presidential Export Awards|url=http://www.thebottomline.lk/2007/08/29/B23.html|accessdate=4 September 2010|newspaper=The Bottomline|date=29 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004000651/http://www.thebottomline.lk/2007/08/29/B23.html|archive-date=2011-10-04|url-status=dead}}