Search
Please Share your Email if you Wish to Receive the Golden Tips & Tales Newsletter from History of Ceylon Tea Website
The pictured tea bush on Pitaratmalie Estate, Haputale was the largest on the estates of The Ceylon Tea Plantation Co., Ltd., and The Ceylon Proprietary Tea Estates Co., Ltd., and was thought to be the largest in the country. Read More
Tea, the second-most consumed beverage after water is undergoing a renaissance of sorts. A strange comment perhaps, given that tea consumption has been second only to water for centuries or more. Read More
A pictorial essay on the rebuilding of the Norwood Tea factory circa 1950s from the photo album of Dick Hazell, Manager of Norwood at the time. Read More
An extract from the Encylopaedia of Ceylon – Ceylon Tea Industry Souvenir 1967 featured on the History of Ceylon Tea website, with more information provided by Ken Murray, who is the third generation of planters on his maternal side. Read More
This is the story about a family – a personal story which I wish to share with you. This family consisted of four brothers who lived in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Read More
In 1770, Lord North repealed four of the five Townshend Duties but retained the 3d tax on tea. The Tea Act of 1773 was intended to rescue the East India Company from its financial problems and provided that the Company might export tea... Read More
Here is how the first tea roller cum drier was found. In 1974, Mr. Kumaravelu, a staff member attached to the Loolecondera Tea Factory indicated that he was aware of the existence... Read More
How the current distribution of tea cultivation is influenced by specific environmental conditions in Sri Lanka is yet to be explored. Read More
