The company first started with coconut oil, using the traditional Tongan way of making body oil, infusing coconuts with local flowers and scented leaves like Ylang Ylang, red ginger, spice and cinnamon.
Explaining the process, True Vava’u owner Yvette Paea says, “Coconuts are scraped and milk squeezed out, then placed in a large iron pot together with the flowers or scented leaves. The contents are stirred on a low fire for several hours until the coconut milk turns to oil. These are left overnight to cool and then sieved and bottled.”