About Dalgety

Dalgety exists to put Caribbean and African botanicals that mainstream UK retail ignores onto a British shelf. It is a Jamaican-British family business founded by Dr Henry Lowe, a Jamaican scientist and pharmacologist who has spent decades researching the traditional uses of Caribbean herbs. Rather than badging generic flavoured tea, it works directly with Jamaican farmers to source moringa, soursop and other traditional plants, with real emphasis on provenance and fair payment to growers.

The range is led by the botanicals the brand is known for, pure moringa, soursop, soursop-and-ginger and other traditional infusions, in pyramid bags so the whole leaf can infuse. The health-positioning copy on the boxes is assertive, worth naming, but the substance is real: this is genuine moringa and soursop leaf rather than a flavoured stand-in. For our shelf Dalgety is where we send customers asking for the traditional Caribbean and African herbs they cannot find elsewhere. The leaf is the actual ingredient, the sourcing supports the Jamaican farmers it comes from, and the cup tastes closer to the kitchen original than the over-processed versions larger brands occasionally attempt. It is a specialist rather than an everyday brand, and that is the recommendation: if a customer wants real moringa or genuine soursop with an authentic supply chain behind it, this is the one that delivers it.

Key facts

• Founded by Dr Henry Lowe Jamaican scientist and pharmacologist with decades of published research on Caribbean herbal traditions. The brand grew out of his work cataloguing traditional uses of moringa, soursop, ginger and other West Indian botanicals.
• Direct-from-farmer Jamaican sourcing Dalgety works directly with Jamaican farmers for the Caribbean botanicals, ensuring authentic provenance and fair payment to growers rather than going through commodity tea brokers. Moringa specifically comes from farms with traceable supply chains.
• Botanicals UK retail tends to ignore Moringa, soursop, traditional Caribbean and African herbs that mainstream UK supermarkets don't carry. Dalgety brings these into the British market as functional everyday teas rather than novelty imports.
• Pyramid bags, single-origin leaf Biodegradable pyramid tea bags rather than the flat paper format used by most UK supermarkets, the pyramid shape gives the leaves room to expand during brewing. Real botanical leaves throughout, no synthetic flavourings, no industrial additives.

The founders

Brand timeline

1. 2003 Dr Henry Lowe founds Dalgety

   Jamaican scientist and pharmacologist Dr Henry Lowe launches the brand to bring Caribbean herbal traditions into UK retail, building on three decades of pharmacological research into Caribbean botanicals.

2. 2010 Soursop joins the lineup

   Dalgety expands beyond the founding Moringa product to include Soursop (Annona muricata), the Caribbean wellness leaf traditionally consumed across Jamaica and West Africa. Single-ingredient pyramid bag, no fillers.

3. 2020 Direct-from-farm sourcing

   Works directly with Jamaican growers for moringa, soursop and other Caribbean botanicals. Fair payment, traceable supply.

4. 2026 Stocked at Teas.co.uk

   Hand-picked into the curator selection, the only UK retailer carrying the full Dalgety functional-tea range.

Sustainability

Dalgety's sustainability commitments are built around direct relationships with Caribbean and African growers, ensuring fair payment and authentic provenance. The packaging is fully biodegradable pyramid tea bags, no plastic glues or staples. Clean-label ingredient sourcing with no artificial additives across the range.

• Biodegradable pyramid bags Plant-based pyramid tea bags that biodegrade naturally. No plastic glues, no metal staples, the bag breaks down on a home compost heap where the carton is labelled as such.
• Direct grower relationships Sources directly from Jamaican farmers for Caribbean botanicals (moringa, soursop, traditional herbs) rather than going through commodity brokers. Fair payment, transparent supply chain, real grower livelihoods supported.
• Single-ingredient where possible Many Dalgety products are single-botanical formulations (Pure Moringa, Pure Soursop), no fillers, no blending dilution. When products are blended (e.g. Moringa with Green Tea), the named ingredients are the headline content.
• Clean-label ingredient policy No artificial flavourings, no synthetic fillers, no preservatives across the range. Naturally caffeine-free or naturally caffeinated depending on the botanical, never adulterated with added stimulants.