CARIBBEAN LIFE: HOW A CARIBBEAN WOMAN FROM ST MARTIN STARTED HER OWN TEA COMPANY
Zahira Marmar grew up in St. Martin, on the border between the Dutch and French sides of the island. She did her undergraduate degree in Pennsylvania and her master’s degree in England. She lived on the island until 2016, when she moved to Englewood, New Jersey with her young family.
“I would have never started this business, or known about the herbs in our teas, if I was not raised in the Caribbean where ‘bush tea’ as we call it, is literally steeped in our culture,” Marmar said.
“There was a time as a young child that we didn’t have running water or stable electricity at our home in the hills. I remember filling up buckets and lighting kerosene lamps. I also crocheted bags and I even had a hair braiding business during my undergrad at Philly to help pay my way for my degree, ” she stated.
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