Facing competition from global tea giants, a tea grower has followed other Sri Lankan businesses in becoming a specialist producer of exclusive products.

Facing competition from global tea giants, a tea grower has followed other Sri Lankan businesses in becoming a specialist producer of exclusive products.

Almost 5% of the population of Sri Lanka work in the billion-dollar tea industry, picking leaves on the mountain slopes and processing the tea in plantation factories. The cultivation and selling ...

Carving a path through cloud-swathed villages and centuries-old tea estates, the new long-distance Pekoe Trail gives hikers a chance to explore Sri Lanka’s quiet central highlands.

The Sri Lanka- China relationship is centuries old, and has been historically strengthened by shared religious and cultural values. Sri Lanka is known to the whole world for its tea due to its unique ...

The island nation is one of the world's biggest exporters of tea, an industry that employs a sizable part of the population. We visit one organic tea farm that shares revenues with its workers.

A global shortage of filter paper, used in tea bags, is expected to hit Sri Lanka’s tea export earnings this year. Sri Lanka’s tea sector has been encouraged to export tea in tea bags, to add value ...

Sri Lanka is paying some foreign debts with tea, rather than cash. But an abrupt ban on chemical fertilizers has hurt crop yields and tea pickers are losing hours and wages as food prices double.

Sri Lanka, where tea is picked by hand for your cuppa – and eaten in a range of dishes A lot goes into a tea bag, from growing and picking the leaves to fermenting and blending them.

Every year on May 21st, tea lovers across the globe raise a cup to celebrate International Tea Day. This special day, recognised by the United Nations, honours tea’s deep cultural roots, its ...

Meanwhile Sri Lankan tea industry also experienced an increase in Production, Exports and the National Average for the period January to December 2024 compared to the corresponding period in 2023, Tea ...

Almost 5% of the population of Sri Lanka work in the billion-dollar tea industry, picking leaves on the mountain slopes and processing the tea in plantation factories. The cultivation and selling ...