Drinco International Limited

"We know about Tea"

Drinco International Limited is a tea exporter incorporated in Kenya in the year 2014. We are licensed to carry out tea business by the Tea Directorate of Kenya and are also a member of The East Africa Tea Trade Association. The company is located in Mombasa, the hub of the tea trade in Africa and the largest tea auction center in the world.

The company is managed by a team of professionals with a rich background on tea matters – Plantations, processing, tea tasting and quality control, blending, tea buying and exporting. Rigorous tea tasting by our tea experts ensure customer requirements and preference is achieved before any shipment is done.

Services

Drinco International Limited offers the following services to both her international and local clients:

Tea Blending

Supply of Straight-line and blended teas

Packaging, Palletizing

Customized Packaging (Value Additions)

Advisory Services on Quality and Market Trends

Auction bidding for clients

Portfolio

We export a variety of high quality black CTC, Orthodox and green teas to our global partners.

Team

As a fast growing organization, we believe that it is our employees who define who we are. Our team includes only the most suitably experienced and qualified personnel ready to offer dynamic customer focused services. Drinco International also boasts of the only team with national and international experience in the tea buying sector in Kenya.

Our team is multi-dimensional and includes specialists in marketing and tea tasting.

Tea Department
Tea tasting is a highly specialized area and our tea tasters are well trained and experienced in the field. They differentiate between the various flavors of tea and help to market the varieties according to quality. Our tea tasting team ensures quality standards are maintained and advise producers continuously on market demand and trends. Tea tasting is typically learnt on the job and our tasters have developed the expertise to distinguish between the taste and aroma of different teas. They further have developed managerial as well as marketing skills.
Finance & Accounting
Our Finance & accounting department has competent staff with professional qualification and experience and do maintain proper records of accounting with upto date systems in fully computerized environment. Our monthly financial reports are prepared promptly and do comply with the international financial reporting standards (IFRS).

We file our monthly returns with the Government through KRA.
IT
The company has continually invested in developing and improving our IT platform in line with global developments in the tea trade. Our IT skills are greater than those required by our fully computerized tea sales and control system and extend to expertise in e-documentation and shortly to online marketing. Needless to say, our systems are now emulated by others in the field.

Henry Chenze

Managing Director

Frequently Asked Questions

If you are New to Drinco International Limited or looking for some answers, this FAQ may help.

Why buy tea from Drinco International Limited?

Drinco International Limited is run by locals based in proper Mombasa city. The cost of Tea provided for tea lovers is of utmost reasonable pricing.

What kind of teas do you sell?

We export a variety of high quality teas which are blended in strict conformity with the quality parameters set out by the client or exported in original factory form (straight-line). We trade with companies in Spain, Germany, Egypt, Pakistan, Sudan, Yemen, Iran, UAE, Oman, Somalia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Afghanstan, Saudi Arabia and India

How should tea be stored?

Tea should always be store in a cool dry place.The best container is air tight and dark. Avoid plastic containers as these can taint the tea and allow light in. If stored correctly tea can maintain its quality for well over a year but it’s always best to have the freshest tea available.

How do you decaffeinate tea?

Tea can be decaffeinated in a number of ways. The main commercial method for decaffeinating black tea is to use either ethyl acetate or methylene chloride by washing the leaves at the end of the production process in the organic solvent. This process is strictly monitored and governed by legal limits and has minimal effect on the final quality of the tea.

Does tea have any health benefits?

Not only is tea a delightfully refreshing drink in its own right, but tea also contains many natural chemicals that have positive benefits for health. There has been a lot of research and many claims that tea can help with a number of ailments and conditions. We cannot verify the claims and can only report what has been said. Tea does contain many useful minerals and vitamins that the body needs on a daily basis as well as containing powerful flavonoid antioxidants and poly-phenols.It is accepted that Herbal Tea (not strictly a tea but an infusion) can help with many common complaints such as upset stomachs & headaches. Check our section on Herbal Tea to understand the many benefits you can get from Herbal Tea.

Do different teas have different caffeine levels?

All teas have roughly the same caffeine content, from 40-70 mg. per cup (compared to coffee, which has an average of 100 mg. per cup). Black teas tend to have slightly more caffeine and Oolong and Green teas tend to have slightly less. Herbal "teas," which are not truly teas but infusions of herbs, generally have no caffeine.

Contact

Drinco International Limited

Olemonana House 1st Floor, Moi Avenue
P.O. Box 356 - 80100 Mombasa - Kenya
Tel: +254 728 841558
Email: trading@drincointernational.com

Managing Director: Henry Chenze

Location:

OLEMONANA HOUSE 1ST FLOOR, MOI AVENUE

Email:

trading@drincointernational.com

Call:

+254 728 841558