Pure Ceylon Tea

About
Ceylon Tea

The early 1880s was a tough time in Sri Lanka. With the downfall of the coffee trade, there was a huge financial breakdown in the country. Meanwhile, in the Kandy and Dimbula plantations, a reclusive Scottish planter named James Taylor had been experimenting with a new plant, planting it along the margins of the divisional roads on his coffee estate, Loolecondera.

This new plant is none other than tea. This was the roots of Ceylon Tea and by the time the coffee-blight struck, Taylor had nineteen acres of Loolecondera planted with tea. Within a short time, planters from all over the hill country were visiting Loolecondera to learn how to grow and manufacture tea.

Thus in Sri Lanka, James Taylor is named the “Father of Tea”.

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Pure Ceylon Tea Types

There are many types of tea available. Among them, some specific types of tea are quite popular for their taste. The foremost among them is the Ceylon Black Tea. It is the most commonly consumed tea in Sri Lanka. The next most famous type of tea is Green Tea. It is a very healthy type of tea and has many health benefits that are required to live a wholesome life. White Tea also named as the “Silver Tips” is a very unique and rare type of tea. It has a very delicate and soothing flavor. Another type of healthy and delicious tea is Oolong tea. It has a gentle, floral, and mild sweetness. When the teas are picked, often 3 leaves and a bud are withered, fermented, then goes through a process of heating, rolling, and drying.

Why Ceylon Tea?

The answer to the question is quite simple and prestigious. Ceylon Tea has so many health benefits some of which will leave you in awe.

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It can reduce your blood sugar levels

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It will keep your heart healthy

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Helps in weight loss

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It strengthens your immune system

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It adds radiance to your skin

Top tea export marketing volume

Profits coming from tea has a major effect on the economy of Sri Lanka.

Tea exports in the year 2014 were high because of the export earnings from value-added tea products such as Tea Bags is 118.6%, Green Tea is 49%, and Tea Packets is 9.24.

The major aspect that keeps the Ceylon Tea industry the place where it is today is because of the import of teabags. Export earnings from Tea Bags have contributed to 48.5% of the total Tea exports.

Sri Lankan tea exports were successful in reaching the number 2 rank among global tea exporters by mid-2014 surpassing China who was a major exporter.

In the past ten years, the most annual income was in 2014 with a value of $ 1628.27 US million dollars.

Major importers of Sri Lanka tea - January/May 2020