THE MABROC STORY

Simple ideas can make dreams come true and the story of Mabroc starts off the way many great stories do; with a piping hot cup of tea.

Mabroc was the brainchild of a small group of tea enthusiasts who had one simple idea: make the best tea Sri Lanka can produce and gift it to the world.

Supplying the finest pure Ceylon tea to the world started as a dream by a small group of Sri Lankan tea lovers back in 1988.

Today, Mabroc supplies premium Ceylon tea to over 50 countries. We’re also the 8th largest tea exporter in Sri Lanka. Over 12.5 million kilos of premium Ceylon tea are grown each year in our 9,605 hectares of pristine tea gardens and processed in 48 tea factories before making their way into the world.

We ensure quality on every step of its journey from tea bud to taste bud.

That’s why our pure Ceylon tea is talked about.

Unsurprisingly, so is our range of aromatic organic Ceylon spices from Sri Lanka and spice seasonings – for which we’re justifiably famous. Our herbal blends are unique with Ayurvedic ingredients adding value to the discerning consumers.

Welcome to Mabroc, the home of Ceylon Tea.

OUR MISSION

To be the preferred and most reliable Tea exporter in Sri Lanka.

OUR VISION

To add value to our products and services through innovation and integrity ensuring long term growth whilst caring for all our stakeholders.

OUR VALUES

INTEGRITY

To ensure that we are responsible in all our activities to the environment, our customers and our staff.

RELIABILITY

To be a company our customers, our staff and our communities can rely on and, above all, trust.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

To take responsibility within our wider community and deliver positive benefits that will enrich their lives.

HAYLEYS GROUP

Hayleys today has been a journey of accomplishments for over 143 years, with a range of sectors and investment in Sri Lanka and around the world.

Active in 16 business sectors and in many overseas countries, it’s now the leading exporter in Sri Lanka, the 1st listed company to cross US$1 billion in revenue and judged its “Best Corporate Citizen”.

Hayleys truly lives up to its vision of being Sri Lanka’s corporate inspiration at all times.

HAYLEYS GROUP

Hayleys today has been a journey of accomplishments for over 143 years, with a range of sectors and investment in Sri Lanka and around the world.

Hayleys truly lives up to its vision of being Sri Lanka’s corporate inspiration at all times.

OUR PLANTATIONS

Mabroc is the marketing arm to the largest tea producer in Sri Lanka – Hayleys Plantations Sector. The collection of teas cover all tea growing agro climatic regions.

OUR HISTORY

1988

This was the initial version of our brand logo which was created at our inception.

1992

We shifted into a bigger office with more facilities at Anderson Road, Colombo 05.

1994

We were one of the pioneers in the trade to add fruit pieces and flower petals to tea as well as black tea and green tea in one single blend. The result was a crowd favourite trademark blend called the “Nights of 1000 Stars”.

1994

The Mabroc brand soon grew popular in Russia. Traders from the East to West part of the country were competing with each other to top the largest turnover.

1995

Our operations grew larger and we needed a bigger space. We built a new office with state of the art facilities in Rajagiriya.

1997

Our present facility straight after it was built. This property was used as the Factory.

2000

Mabroc has always been a fun place to work at. Employees are nurtured to be their best versions.

2007

Mabroc was the first ethical tea brand in the world to join the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) with the “A Home for Every Plantation Worker” initiative by Hayleys’ Plantations.

2007

In this range we use Single Garden, Unblended teas sourced from our very own plantations across the island. The range was launched at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA.

2008

The Legends Range teas which is one of the flagship range of Mabroc was given a new burst of creative energy by a new look and feel with caddies shaped to represent our Logo.

2010

Mabroc was acquired by diversified multinational conglomerate Hayleys PLC. Chairman Mr. Mohan Pandithage visits the Kiribathgoda premises.

2010

Passing on the baton of leadership. This image has our Founding Managing Director Mr. R. Perera, the Managing Director Mr. Anandarajah (2010 - 2014) and the Chairman of the Hayleys Group Mr. Mohan Pandithage.

2011

The present brand logo of Mabroc. It portrays a story of a ship that sails across the globe with tea.

2014

This certification helps businesses and organisations be more efficient and improve customer satisfaction.

2014

Sets out the requirements for a food safety management system and can be certified to it. It maps out what an organisation needs to do to demonstrate its ability to control food safety hazards in order to ensure that food is safe.

2015

Agricultural products: The Rainforest Alliance seal means that the product or specified ingredient was grown on farms certified to the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard, with sustainable agriculture practices observed.

2015

Mabroc was the first Sri Lankan tea company to receive the Good Manufacturing Practises (GMP) certification by the Sri Lanka Tea Board for proper procedures in tea manufacturing, packaging, storing, and blending of tea.

2016

Recognised scheme of audit and certification of food safety management systems in the food supply chain. FSSC 22000 is a certification scheme that absorbs ISO 22000 and contains a more extensive list of standards to be met by the enterprise.

2016

Mabroc ventures into the vending machine market to supply instant tea made at some of their own factories with tea harvested from their very own plantations. With state-of-the-art machinery and quality produce, we are on a journey to make tea accessible to all in double quick time.

2018

Horana Plantations joins Hayleys Plantations to collectively produce the largest amount of tea in Ceylon. It owns a portfolio of 11 estates and 9 factories, and will strengthen the plantations arm of the group.

2018

Uda Radella Estate is a premier tea plantation in Nuwara Eliya that's strongly rooted by the strength of Hayleys Plantations. Mabroc functions as the marketing arm for Hayleys Plantations. The estate created a specially-manufactured variety that is complex in method and time-consuming to say the least. This would soon be a favourite brew in the East.

2020

The European Union Organic certification was awarded…

2020

This year 2020 saw a global pandemic. The tea board dusted off a blueprint that was hatched almost 20+ years ago to take the Colombo Tea auction digital.

2021

Mabroc was awarded a certificate for good hygiene practices and safety measures. This was awarded by an independent governing body.

2021

Mabroc becomes energy efficient in a drive to reduce its carbon footprint by harnessing renewable energy using solar power.

1988

In 1988, a group of 6 young tea tasters with a collective experience of over 100 years started a brand that would capture the hearts of many discerning tea drinkers around the globe.

The name MABROC was created by letters from each of the founders' names. As with many great stories like Google & Apple, this too started in a garage.

1988

This was the first Spitter that Mabroc used in a modest Tea tasting set up.

The brand has come very far and developed into a world-class outfit.

GLOBAL REACH

Our fine premium Ceylon Teas have reached many far-flung shores.

From Alaska to Australia; Japan to Germany, Chile to Russia.

And we’re adding new countries every month.

We serve over 200 clients who buy our products and offer them to their own discerning customers.

SUSTAINABILITY & CSR

Our commitment to the environment and the local communities who support our brand and plantations makes us one of the most respected companies in the country in sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

Whilst we deliver on our promises and deliver many projects covering sustainability and CSR, we are constantly planning ahead for ways to achieve a better future for both.