| Ceylon Tea, Loose Leaf Black Tea from Sri Lanka |
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The official name of the beautiful tea island referred to as "The Pearl of the Indian Ocean" is Sri Lanka. It was a large coffee-producing island until the mid-19th century. But after major coffee disease damage it converted to tea-production. Production is divided into Low-grown (below 610m), Medium-grown (610-1,220m) and High-grown (over 1,220m).
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or read more below about the different teas/areas in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
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Dimbula, CEYLON
West side of island's central mountains is the main tea-producing area for Medium-High-grown. Main quality season of this area is between February to March. Tea has a rose or orange water color, sweet fragrance and clean aftertaste. |
Nuwara Eliya, CEYLON
High-grown producing area with a near 2,000m altitude. The teas has refreshing clean taste and the quality tea produced between January and March (some produced in Aug.) has a fresh lingering taste like wild mint, which is reffered to as salicyclic acid aroma. |
Uva, CEYLON
One of "The World's 3 Great Teas", having a rich full-bodied taste and invigorating aroma. Being situated on the east side of the central mountains, its quality season is from July to August. |
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Kandy, CEYLON
The area surrounding Kanday, an ancient city of World Heritage, is Ceylon's oldest tea producing area and major area of Medium-grown. Suited for tea with milk. |
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Ruhuna, CEYLON
General term for the southern Medium-to-Low-grown producing areas. A gentle taste goes well with milk and sugar. |
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Other Areas, CEYLON
In Ceylon, known as black-tea island, the number of plantations and regions are so numerous that even specialist cannot grasp the corect figures. Among the many are Uda Pussellawa (High-grown) and Ratnapura (south of Dimbula).
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