ABOUT- DHONDHEENAA PVT, MALDIVES
Founded in 2017, Dhondheenaa Pvt. has built upon its reputation for unparalleled service and has grown into a national speciality beverage distributor for the industry’s premier coffee and tea. SRI LANKA
HYSON teas was founded over 10 years ago by Lushantha De Silva a 3rd. generation tea master and avid rowing enthusiast. Lushantha's vision for HYSON Tea is:
“Refr
eshing the human spirit: one cup, one soul, at a time.”
Lushantha was born and raised in the world of tea. As a toddler, he took his first steps on the vast lawn of the Rosita bungalow on Stonycliff estate in the famed Dimbulla valley. When he was 8 years, he would follow his father around the plantation and the tea factory, absorbing the intricate details of growing and manufacturing the quality orthodox, handcrafted teas that made Pure Ceylon Tea prized worldwide. At fourteen, Lushantha was smitten by a new love: rowing. He then spent more time on the waters of the Beira Lake in Colombo than in tea country. Rowing for his college in one of the oldest recorded Intercollegiate Regattas, he earned a place on the Colombo Rowing Club team for the Madras - Colombo Regatta which is one of the oldest boat races in the world. As the third generation in tea, Lushantha realised that the future challenge for Ceylon Tea would be to compete in world markets rather than produce tea. He became a trader and learnt the secrets of buying and selling good tea. His career was made easier by his skills as a rower because members of the Colombo Rowing Club were from the top echelons of the tea trade. While this network helped him to rise rapidly in the tea trade, equally important were the management lessons he learned in rowing.
‘I earned my MBA on the waters of the Beira Lake,’ says Lushantha. Rowing is a sport that depends on high-performance teamwork and teaches you to stay in the moment. Not looking back, or too far ahead. After 10 years as a Tea Trader, Lushantha founded Empire Teas (Pvt) Ltd. After a few years of impressive growth and the company attracted investment from Food Empire Holdings, Singapore.
