Solaris hopes to brew up sales in Chinese market

With exports to Germany, Italy and the UK, Solaris Botanicals’ western-style herbal teas are winning new customers, and it is eyeing a surprising new marketplace — China, writes Trish Dromey.

THE prospect of exporting tea to China, the country which invented it, is quite an amazing and exciting one for Galway company Solaris Botanicals.

Recently named as best start-up for 2013 in the National Enterprise Awards, Solaris is expecting a visit early next year from representatives of a Chinese group which owns 800 tea stores and is interested in the company’s western-style herbal teas.