ABOUT US
History
Food Section:
The Cihan Food section is one of the most important parts of the Cihan Group. In 1991, the Cihan Food section started importing Tea and distributing through our network that covers all over Iraq. In 1995, we added DO GHAZAL Tea in our food section, and in 2015, in order to complete the food basket, we added rice, oil, tomato paste, pasta, flour, beans, and many other items into our products line.
Our goal is to provide the best and high quality food products for all families in Iraq.
We started exporting our products into the following countries:
- » The United Arab Emirates
- » Qatar
- » Russia
- » Saudi Arabia
- » Azerbaijan
- » Kazakhstan
- » The United Kingdom and many other European Union countries.
Cihan is the largest buyer and exporter of Tea from Akbar Brothers - Sri Lanka.
Cihan Food networks cover both local and international exports.
Cihan believes in the philosophy - we never compromise on the quality of our food products that we set out on the first day of our operations. And we are working continuously to improve the quality of our products.
President's Message
We believe in ourselves and we are convinced that nothing is impossible, and that’s how we remain ahead of the competitors in our time. We always take pride in our services and constantly strive to develop them to the next level.
ABOUT CEYLON TEA
Sri Lanka may be only 25,000 miles square, but its immense tea cultivation yields 298,000 tonnes of tea a year. This South Asian island Formerly known as Ceylon is situated 19 miles off India’s Southern coast. Although the country reverted to its traditional name in 1972 it still uses the name Ceylon when marketing tea.
The plantation industry in Sri Lanka, began in 1867 with the widespread planting of tea. Sri Lanka’s finest teas are produced mainly from bushes that grow above 4,000 feet. The bushes grow more slowly in the cooler, moisture climate, and are harder to harvest because of the steep angle of the slopes on which they are planted.
Tea is cultivated at 3 different elevations in Sri Lanka. Low-grown teas, produced at 1,500 to 1,800 feet, are of good quality and give good color and strength but lack the distinctive flavor and bright fresh taste of the higher-grown teas and are usually used in blending. Mid-grown teas, grown between 1,800 and 3,500 feet, are rich in flavor and give good color. High-grown teas, from heights of between 3,500 and 7,500 feet, are the very best that Sri Lanka produces, giving a beautiful golden liquor and an intense powerful flavor. All Sri Lanka’s black teas are best drunk without milk or a little milk.
As well as the wonderful black teas, some estates also produce silver tip white tea that gives a very pale straw-colored liquor and should be drunk without milk.
Everyday around 300,000 estate workers pluck several million tea leaves by hand. This is the first step in the manufacture of quality Ceylon tea. Only the bud and the two youngest leaves are plucked, for it is only these leaves that have the flavor and aroma.