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Kenya Cane is from East African Breweries
of, er… Kenya. This is another Diageo
subsidiary. I have no idea how much this
contains as the photo is too small. Kenya’s
southern neighbour is Tanzania, another
country which seems to sell a lot of sachets,
although I have only identified one company,
Tanzania Distillers, who fill sachets in
Tanzania but I’m sure there are more.
Konyagi is a type of local rum. Shown are
100ml & 50ml sachets.

Champion & Black Punch
were both made in Malawi
but so far I have not found
out by what company.

I could do a whole article on
sachets from South Africa
but I will spare you that and
just bring you photos of a
few that are new to me. Above are
four Velour Cream sachets from
47South. On the right is a 50ml
sachet of Old Faithful Scotch from
Milestone Beverages. They make
at least seven different spirit
sachets. Noble Spirits only
manage to make six, again, all
50ml.

Portashots operate in both South Africa and
the USA, where they pack spirits from South Africa.
The Gold Rum shown is an earlier version for the US
market, packed in South Africa, as shown by the
number on the box at centre right. West Coast
Beverages (also known as WC Beverages – great
name, more of these later) make a range of 9
sachets, some 50ml and some 30ml. The Odenden
Rhum shown is said to be 50ml but appears to say 30ml so I suspect that
both sizes are made for the full range. I have also identified another company
called Westside Distillers who make
a range of at least six sachets under
the Best brand but I don’t have any
good photos.

The same comments as for Westside also apply to
an Indian company, Jupiter Distillery, who make a
range of 5 spirits. Their website shows the artwork
for the sachets but not the sachets themselves. My
favourite Indian sachet company (on more than one
level) is Dum Beverages. They make a range of
five sachets, all in both 50 & 90ml sizes. Shown are

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