{"type":"root","children":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":"Mother Becky was the late great-grandmother of founder Jermine Mike, a well-known resident of the northern end of St. Kitts from a generation that drank bush tea daily. Tea drinking in St. Kitts is a relic of the sugar era, with 'bush tea' the colloquial name for any tea made from whole leaves picked and dried near home, once the drink of the poorer class, now a cultural anchor."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":"Jermine Mike and partner Sara Ramirez grow herbs at the Mother Becky farm in Pogson Village, organic, no pesticides. The signature line includes mint, basil, lemongrass and soursop. Production is hand-harvested and hand-packaged."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":"In March 2026, Mother Becky Quenchers entered the Nigerian market through the Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, with 3,000 bottles served at the Aquarian Consult Afri-Caribbean Investment Summit in Abuja, the largest single order in the company's history."}]}]}