Tea from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Sri Lanka has over 188,000 hectares under tea cultivation yielding about 298,000 tonnes of “made” tea, and accounting for more than 19% of world exports.
In 1972, the island then known as Ceylon reverted to the traditional name of Sri Lanka, but retained the brand name of Ceylon for the marketing of its teas.
Sri Lanka is blessed with diverse climatic conditions and our pioneer tea planters realized the effect on these diverse conditions on tea production. This gave rise to a wide range of teas which are unique to each other in style, taste and character from different agro climatic districts. The teas produced from these districts are referred to by Tea Trade as teas from “ Dimbula, Uva, NuwaraEliya, UdaPussellawa, Kandy and Ruhuna”. The true connoisseurs may select teas from a sub district or even a single garden where the uniqueness is unmatched.