Island Tea Co. and Ceylon Coffee Club, owned and operated by Ceylanka Trading Inc, a company registered under the Securities and Exchange Commission of Philippines, launched operations in Sri Lanka last week.
 Director and Chief Business Officer, Minodh de Sylva.
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Ceylanka Trading Inc. operates the largest network of Pure Ceylon Tea and Coffee cafes with over 120 branches across Philippines and Dubai.
“We opened our first outlet in Nawala and will soon launch several more outlets in Colombo and Kandy,” said the company’s Director and Chief Business Officer, Minodh de Sylva.
“Being a brand that uses only Pure Ceylon Tea and Coffee in all our recipes, we plan to invest towards opening more branches in Sri Lanka to bring this unique beverage experience to all Sri Lankans,” he said.
The company has already commenced construction and plans to open its second branch at the Colombo City Centre by next month.
The company is currently working towards more expansions in Asia, Middle East and Europe. “We have openings planned in India and Ireland in the second and third quarters of this year,” he said.
Through a master franchise program, the company will open 100 branches of the Island Tea Co. Brand and a further 30 branches of the Ceylon Coffee Club Brand in India within three years, while Dublin, Ireland will operate 15 branches in the next three years.
Island Tea Co. and Ceylon Coffee Club, a fast-growing beverage chain famed for its authentic brews is the brainchild of cutting-edge entrepreneur Minodh de Sylva, which was founded in 2017 with a single branch in Cebu City, Philippines.
He said that foreign and Sri Lankan based consortium of entrepreneurs have invested in this project and a feature is that they use only Sri Lankan tea and coffee to bring in revenue back to Sri Lanka.
Island Tea Co. and Ceylon Coffee Club will feature over 100 beverage options from Iced Milk Teas, Fruit Teas, Cream Cheese Milk Teas, Brown Sugar Teas, Iced Cream Tea Shakes along with an Oreo and Nutella range, whereas the coffee lovers can look forward to a range of lattes, over iced drinks and frappes, all made exclusively from Pure Ceylon Tea and Coffee Beans creating novel recipes that are popular globally. SS