Relax & Restore

The African and Caribbean diasporas are home to so many natural healing plants and remedies. Aloes have been used for everything from soothing burns to weight loss and diabetes. It's just one of the ingredients that our artisans use in their bath, body and skincare products.

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Not to be outshone, coffee has also made its mark on the diaspora. While several of the top ten coffee producing nations are located in the South American diaspora, coffee is believed to have its origins in the Motherland, specifically Ethiopia.

Legend has it, a young goat herder from Ethiopia, named Kaldi, discovered the first coffee beans around 850 AD.  Today, Ethiopia is the sixth (6th) largest producer of coffee in the world