Sri Lanka Tea 
Sri Lank is an beautiful Island .it’s called “Mutuetaya” is in the Indian oceans.
Sri Lanka National flag
From Tea nursery to tea Export Diagram
•Tea nursery
•Tea plant
•Tea field
•Leaf plucking
•Leaf transport
•Buy tea factory
Tea story
"when i drink tea,I am conscious of peace, the cool breath of Heaven rises in my sleeves and blows my cares away"
Lu T'ung
Chinese poet.
The act of smeiing the tea is refeffed to as "nosing the tea" Tea lovers , as well as tea blenders and purchasers of tea around the ,world nose the tea for its aroma, flavor and freshness.
Their are three catogery is Sri Lanka Tea.
1. High grown tea
2. Low grown tea
3. Mid grown tea
Tea plantation in the Sri Lanka Low grown estate in Galle
Sri Lanka Tea is more contributions to the Sri Lanka economy and the world market. The country is the world's fourth largest producer of Tea and the industry is one of the country's main sources of foreign exchange and a significant source of income for laborers, with tea accounting for 15% of the, generating roughly $800 million annually. In 2009 Sri Lanka was the world's leading exporter of tea, with 23.5 % of the total world export, but it has since been surpassed by Kenya the tea sector employs, directly or indirectly over 1 million people in Sri Lanka and in 2009 directly employed 216,833on tea plantations and estates. The humidity, cool temperatures, and rainfall in the country's mid country provide a climate that favors the production of high quality tea. The industry was introduced to the country in 1867 by James Taylor, the British planter who arrived in 1852.
James Tailor in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 1860s
In 1824 a tea plant was brought to Ceylon by the British from China and was planted in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya for non-commercial purposes.The Planters' Association of Sri Lanka in 1854 In 1867, James Tailor marked the birth of the tea industry in Sri Lanka by starting a tea plantation in Loolecondera estate Kandy in 1867. He began the tea plantation on an estate of just 19 acres. In 1872 he started a fully equipped tea factory in the same Loolecondera estate and that year the first sale of Loolecondra tea was made in Kandy. In 1873, the first shipment of Sri Lanka Tea, a consignment of some 10 kg, arrived in London. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle remarked on the establishment of the tea plantations, Soon enough plantations surrounding Loolecondera such as Hope, Rookwood and Mooloya situated to the east and Le Vallon and Stellenberg to the south began transforming into tea plantations and were amongst the first tea estates to be established on the island.
The total population in Sri Lanka according to the census of 1871 was 2,584,780. The 1871 demographic distribution and population in the plantation areas is given below:Kandy District, the heartland of tea production in Sri Lanka
Henry Randolph Trafford one of the pioneers of tea cultivation in Ceylon in the 1880s
Tea production in Ceylon increased dramatically in the 1880s and by 1888 the area under cultivation had exceeded that of coffee, growing to nearly 400,000 acres (1,600 km2) in 1899.Tea cultivation and he is considered one of the pioneer tea planters in Ceylon. By 1883, Trafford was the resident manager of numerous estates in the area, now switching to tea production. By the late 1880s almost all the coffee plantations in Ceylon had been converted to tea. Similarly, coffee stores rapidly converted to tea factories in order to meet the increasing demand for tea. Technology for processing tea developed in the 1880s, after the manufacture of the first "Sirocco" tea drier by Samuel C. Davidson in 1877 and the manufacture of first tea rolling machine by John Walker & Co in 1880 set the conditions that would be required to make commercial tea production a reality.This was consolidated in 1884 with the construction of the Central Tea Factory on Fairyland Estate (Pedro) in Nuwara Eliya.As tea production in Ceylon progressed, new factories were constructed, introducing innovative methods of mechanization brought from England. Marshals of Gainsborough of Lancashire, the Tangyes Machine Company of Birmingham, and Davidsons of Belfast supplied the new tea factories with machinery which they still supply today.
Early planters in Loolecondera(photo by tea museum)
Tea was increasingly sold at auction as its popularity grew. The first public Colombo Auction was held at the premises of Somerville & Co.on 30 July 1883, under the auspices of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. One million tea packets were sold at the Chicago World Fair in 1893. That same year the tea established a record price of £36.15 per lb at the London Tea Auctions. In 1894 the Ceylon Tea Traders Association was formed and today virtually all tea produced in Sri Lanka is conducted through this association and the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. In 1896 the Colombo Brokers' Association was formed and in 1915 Thomas Amarasuriya became the first Ceylonese to be appointed as Chairman of the Planters' Association. In 1925 the Tea Research Institute was established in Ceylon to conduct research into maximising yields and methods of production. By1927 tea production in the country exceeded 100,000 metric tons, almost entirely for export. A 1934 law prohibited the export of poor quality tea. The Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board was formed in 1932.In 1938 the Tea Research Institute commenced work on vegetative propagation at St. Coombs Estate in Talawakele, and by 1940 it had developed a biological control (a parasitic wasp, Macrosentus homonae) to suppress the Tea separate caterpillar, which had threatened the tea crop In 1941 the first Ceylonese tea broking house, M/s Pieris & Abeywardena, was established, and in 1944 the Ceylon Estate Employers' Federation was founded on October 1, 1951, export duty on tea was introduced and in 1955 the first clonal tea fields began cultivation in 1958 the State Plantations Corporation was established, and on June 1, 1959, Ad Valorem Tax was introduced for teas sold at the Colombo auctions.
Tea processing plant in Kandy(photo by tea museum)
Tea processing plant in Kandy exhibiting machinery dating back to the 1850s By the 1960s the total tea production and exports exceeded 200,000 metric tons and 200,000 hectares, and by 1965 Sri Lanka became the world's largest tea exporter for the first time. In 1963 the production and exports of Instant Teas was introduced, and in 1966 the first International Tea Convention was held to commemorate 100 years of the tea industry in Sri Lanka. During 1971–1972, the government of Sri Lanka, the tea estates owned by the British companies. Land reform in Sri Lanka meant that no cultivator was allowed to own more than 50 acres (200,000 m2) for any purpose. In 1976 the Sri Lanka Tea Board was founded as were other bodies, such as the Janatha Estate Development Board (JEDB), Sri Lanka State Plantation Corporation (SLSPC) and the Tea Small Holding Development Authority (TSHDA) to supervise the state's acquired estates in was in 1976 that the exports of tea bags also commenced.
By 1996, Sri Lanka's tea production had exceeded 250,000 metric tons, growing to over 300,000 metric tons by the year 2000in 2001 the first on-line sales of tea commenced, sold by Forbes & Walker Ltd at the Colombo Tea Auctions a Tea Museum was established in Kandy and in 2002 the Tea Association of Sri Lanka was formed According to minister of plantation industries, Lakshman Kiriella the Tea Association of Sri Lanka is "intended to transform the 135-year-old industry into a truly global force and facilitate a greater private sector role in strategy formulation, and implementation, and plantation industries" The association, which works with those that preceded it in Sri Lanka, represents tea producers, traders, exporters, smallholders, private factory owners and brokers, and is funded largely through Asian Development Bank.
Female workers plucking tea leaves.
Cultivation and processing
Over 221,000 hectares or approximately 4% of the country’s land area is covered in tea plantations. The crop is best grown at high altitudes of over 2100 m, and the plants require an annual rainfall of more than 100–125 cm.
waiting to transport their bag full of leaves.
Tea is cultivated in Sri Lanka using the ‘contour planting’ method, where tea bushes are planted in lines in coordination with the contours of the land, usually on slopes.
Graded tea
Grading then takes place as the tea particles are sorted into different shapes and sizes by sifting them through meshes. No artificial preservatives are added at any stage of the manufacturing process and sub-standard tea which fails to initially comply with standards is rejected regardless of the quantity and value. Finally, then, the teas are weighed and packed into tea chests or paper sacks and then given a close inspection. The tea is then sent to the local auction and transported to the tea brokering companies. At the stage of exporting the Sri Lanka Tea Board will check and sample each shipment after the completion of packing to ensure that the finest quality tea is exported and then it is finally shipped in various forms of packing to many parts of the world.
The advent of the railways in Sri Lanka transported tea directly to the ports for exportation
Sri Lanka Tea Product & Grade
Sri Lanka Tea Museum
The Sri Lanka Tea Board opened a Tea Museum in Hantana, Kandy in 2001. Although exhibits are not abundant they do provide a valuable insight into how tea was manufactured in the early days. Old machinery, some dating back more than a century, has been lovingly restored to working order. The first exhibit that greets visitors is the Ruston and Hornsby developed diesel engine, as well as other liquid fuel engines, located in the Engine Room on the ground floor of the museum. Power for the tea estates were also obtained by water driven turbines.
The museum's "Rolling Room" offers a glimpse into the development of manufacturing techniques, with its fascinating collection of rollers. Here the showpiece is the manually operated ' Little Giant Tea Roller'. It also houses tea shops and a restaurant that give visitors an opportunity to taste and take home fine Ceylon tea, such as Akbar, Alaghazaleen & Lipton, the most known Ceylon tea brands around the world.
Registered tea factory (low grown)
Name of tea factory Reg.no
vAdamas view Mf 1487
vAdavikalda Mf 1454
vAddaraduwa Mf 1409
vAgaliya Mf 1288
vAgarsland Mf 0453
vAgilma Mf 1510
vAllem valley Mf 1024
vAllerton Mf 0909
vAlpha Mf 0258
vAlpitakande Mf 0094
vAndaradeniya hills Mf 1542
vAnningkande Mf 0064
vAruna Mf 1558
vAsekland Mf 1362
vAswedduma Mf 1458
vAtherfield Mf 1264
vAturaliya Mf 1514
vAvondale Mf 0191
vAyagama Mf 1537
vBaddegama Mf 0655
vBaduraliya Mf 0183
vBanagala Mf 1344
vBandarahena Mf 1325
vBandarapola Mf 0370
vBaranaglla Mf 0173
vBatuwangala Mf 1350
vBeauty velley Mf 1319
vBelmont Mf 0241
vBengamuwa Mf 1468
vBerubeula Mf 1274
vBibilioyathenna Mf 1528
vBogoda group Mf 1407
vBovitiyamulla Mf 1318
vBroadlands Mf 0642
vBrombil Mf 1465
vCampden Hill Mf 0009
vCaptain garden Mf 0908
vCeciliyan Mf 0181
vCo-oplanka Mf 1423
vCo-op tea Mf 1496
vCo-op win Mf 1417
vCool bawn Mf 0420
vCo-op cola Mf 1518
vD W A Mf 1398
vDaduwangala ctc Mf 1554
vDaduwangala watta Mf 1467
vDalugala Mf 1546
vDampahala Mf 1331
vDangkande Mf 1132
vDankoluwa Mf 0378
vDanlanda Mf 1305
vDavidson Mf 1323
vDediyagala Mf 1561
vDehigama Mf 1509
vDelgoda Mf 0163
vDeniyaya Mf 0802
vDerangala Mf 1482
vDerangala Mf 1414
vDeshika Mf 1317
vDevagiri Mf 1186
vDevithurai Mf 0076
vDevonia Mf 0173
vDevani gewatte Mf 0154
vDanawala Mf 1375
vDiddenipota Mf 1004
vDishanvally Mf 1360
vDeyagala Mf 1383
vDiyagala hills Mf 1432
vDodangaha Mf 0756
vDoloswella Mf 0296
vDoralawitiya hena Mf 1418
vDumbara Mf 0911
vEchkay Mf 1453
vEderapolla Mf 0472
vEila Mf 1316
vEllawatte Mf 0124
vEmbil deniya Mf 0166
vEmilmeegama Mf 1461
vEndane Mf 0168
vEramulla Mf 1251
vEtambagahawila Mf 1231
vEthgandara Mf 1238
vEvergreen Mf 1342
vFaery mount Mf 1464
vFairfield Mf 1405
vFriryland Mf 0161
vFairyland tea garden Mf 0426
vFalcon lanka Mf 1441
vFerndale Mf 1397
vFrotune Mf 1428
vFrancis vally Mf 1370
vGahala watta Mf 1449
vGalabode Mf 1041
vGalagawa Mf 0454
vGalahitiya Mf 1551
vGalathatara Mf 1435
vGalathura Mf 0620
vGalaxy Mf 1483
vGalbodda Mf 0619
vGlabokka Mf 1443
vGallinda Mf 0185
vGalpadi thane Mf 1217
vGamagoda Mf 1429
vGangagoda Bf 0149
vGanganee Mf 1527
vGangasiri Mf 1380
vGeekiyanahena Mf 1515
vGeekiyanakanda Mf 0471
vGoldan velley Mf 1493
vGonala Mf 1191
vGoorookoya Mf 0008
vGraceland Bf 0120
vGreen flower Mf 1120
vGreen hill Mf 1498
vGreen house Mf 1500
vGreen velly Bf 0170
vGreen view Bf 0089
vGunawardana Mf 1410
vGuyudeniya Mf 0026
vGurudiyapota Mf 1485
vGurugodalla Mf 1196
vGurukande Mf 0446
vGuruluwana Mf 1478
vH P P tea Mf 1557
vHalgaha dola Mf 1400
vHalgolle Mf 0626
vHalwitigala Mf 1330
vHameediya Bf 0020
vHandford Mf 0061
vHandugala Mf 1564
vHadunnagoda Mf 1382
vHapugasthanne Mf 0801
vHasaliya Mf 1529
vHatherleigh Mf 0490
vHaughton Mf 0210
vHecock velly Mf 0160
vHedigalla Mf 1544
vHenakande Mf 1243
vHewawithana Mf 1386
vHidellana Mf 1392
vHill garden Mf 1353
vHill view Mf 1376
vHillway Mf 1303
vHillside Bf 0035
vHingalgoda Mf 1333
vHiniduma Mf 1314
vHiniduma hills Mf 1526
vHomadola Mf 1296
vHopewell Mf 0600
vHramulla Mf 0413
vHranwatte Mf 1479
vHoupe Mf 0780
vHulandawa Mf 0736
vHunuwella Mf 0285
vIdangoda Mf 1062
vIddamaldeniya Mf 0101
vIhala panapitiya Mf 1531
vIllukthanne Mf 1297
vImbullgahagoda Mf 1300
vIriagaha Mf 1315
vIvyhills Mf 1422
vIvytea Mf 1170
vJSP Mf 1476
vJanahitaha Mf 1401
vJesminvelly Mf 1139
vJayoka Mf 1503
vKahatapitiya Mf 0535
vKallumalay Mf 1313
vKalubowitiyana Bf 0188
vKandedola Mf 0437
vKanneliya Mf 1497
vKanthisiri Mf 1424
vKanuketiya Mf 0192
vKaragoda Mf 1389
vKaravita Mf 1470
vKetandola Mf 0907
vKatukella Mf 1532
vKeeragalla Mf 0686
vKehelwella clonan Mf 1304
vKekundeniya Bf 0157
vKalani Mf 0293
vKallepatha Mf 1473
vKendaland Mf 1266
vKetawala Mf 1110
vKirimatideniya Bf 0024
vKirimetiya Mf 1521
vKiriwanaganga Mf 1275
vKodagoda Mf 1402
vKongahawatte Mf 1343
vKoppakanda Mf 1416
vKorahilgoda Mf 1079
vKotagalgoda Mf 1516
vKottawavelly Mf 0178
vKowulanawtta Mf 1306
vKudamanana Mf 0259
vKudapana Mf 1484
vKukuleganga Mf 1488
vKumudu Mf 1530
vKunduppakanda Bf 0140
vKurunduwatta Mf 1307
vKurupanawa Mf 1332
vKusumini Mf 1321
vKuttapitiya Mf 0295
vLakmali Mf 1421
vLaksakanda Mf 1459
vLankabarana Mf 1075
vLantern hill Mf 1235
vLeema Mf 1439
vLellopitiya Mf 0912
vLihiniyawa Mf 1565
vLions Mf 1462
vLiyanagamage Mf 1356
vLiyanage Mf 1474
vLiyonta Mf 1545
vLiyota Mf 1434
vLucky Mf 1535
vLuckydias Mf 1412
vLumbini Mf 1337
vMadampe Mf 0614
vMaddegedara Mf 0628
vMadiwala Mf 1334
vMadola Mf 1425
vMadura Mf 1406
vMagedara Mf 1346
vMahaliyadda Mf 1452
vMahambana Mf 1328
vMahawela Mf 0106
vMahendra Mf 1077
vMaheshland Mf 1253
vMakandura Mf 1547
vMalimboda Mf 0903
vMaliduwa Mf 0414
vMandalapura Mf 1396
vMandula Mf 1387
vManikkanda Mf 1427
vMavarala Mf 0448
vManikvalley Mf 1445
vMihirigeekella Mf 1280
vMillawitiya Mf 0905
vMiniranwalahene Mf 1345
vMoragala Mf 0954
vMoragodakanda Mf 1540
vMoraketiya Mf 1373
vMorawaka Mf 0516
vMorawakkorale Bf 0044
vMount franion Mf 0189
vMount view Mf 1419
vMtcarmel Mf 0267
vMteliza Mf 1413
vMulatiyana Mf 1329
vMussendapotha Mf 1271
vMussenna Mf 1475
vMuthuhettigama Mf 1349
vNaindawa Mf 1371
vNandana Mf 1287
vNaviland Mf 1057
vNavagamuvahena Mf 1365
vNawalananda Mf 1363
vNelunkanda Mf 1265
vNeluwathiniyawala Mf 1538
vNeptune Mf 1309
vNew Kendagestenne Mf 0183
vNew Panawanna Mf 1284
vNew Rassagala Mf 0625
vNew singharaja Mf 1341
vNew Udakada Mf 1308
vNel-ella Mf 1298
vNilgiri Mf 1502
vNilvin view Mf 1495
vNilwala Bf 0186
vNivithigala Mf 1440
vNoori Mf 0085
vNoragalla Mf 0030
vOlympus Mf 0338
vOpatha Mf 0103
vOrang hill Mf 0146
vPalmgarden Mf 0906
vPambagama Mf 0236
vPanashena Mf 0143
vPanilkanda Mf 0272
vPansalathenna Mf 0315
vParagadakanda Mf 1494
vParakaduwa Mf 1519
vPasgoda Mf 1322
vPeak view Mf 1463
vPelawatta Mf 1283
vPelmadulla Mf 0107
vPerusinghe Bf 0162
vPillakanda Mf 1559
vPimburagala Group Mf 0128
vPitiyagoda Mf 1048
vPolgahawilagroup Mf 1091
vPoronuwa Mf 0108
vPothotuwa Bf 0138
vRahmath Mf 1446
vRaigamkorale Mf 1480
vRajaela Mf 1082
vRajjuruwatta estate Mf 0946
vRamyagiri Mf 1381
vRandola Mf 0428
vRanmir Mf 1549
vRansegoda Mf 1490
vRasa Mf 0216
vRathkanda Mf 1364
vRathna Bf 0181
vRathnapura Mf 0135
vRatanawila estate Mf 1302
vRathnayake group Mf 0043
vRaigama Mf 0147
vRekadahena Mf 0184
vRenukanda Mf 1477
vRey Mf 0659
vRichland Mf 1320
vRilhena Mf 0083
vRosyth Mf 0318
vRuhunudora Mf 1563
vRukkattana Mf 1220
vSLS Mf 1539
vSamagi Mf 1433
vSamawatte Mf 1286
vSamwin Mf 1511
vSapumalkanda Mf 0574
vSeethaeliya Mf 1313
vSherwood Bf 0150
vSierra Mf 1491
vSihara Mf 1501
vSilvery Mf 1311
vSinghavalley Bf 0187
vSinghagiri Mf 1437
vSinghakawaya Mf 1327
vSirisumana Mf 1195
vSirimewan Mf 0142
vSirisily Mf 1198
vSouthern hill Mf 1324
vSpring view Mf 1553
vSpring wood Mf 0546
vSt.Michael’s Mf 1188
vSt. Augustine Mf 0127
vSt.Joachim Mf 1281
vSudugahahena Mf 1562
vSunils Mf 1472
vSunrise Mf 1507
vSuntusa Mf 1552
vSusantha Mf 1411
vSuwishka Mf 1548
vThalangaha Mf 0321
vThalapalakanda Mf 1533
vThalgaswela Mf 0304
vThalgasyaya Bf 0116
vTea lanka Mf 1466
vTea shakthi Elpitiya Mf 1504
vThellambura Mf 1543
vTemple view Mf 1368
vThammannawatta Mf 1486
vThelaka Mf 1359
vThiruwanakanda Mf 1358
vThotupolawatta Mf 1404
vThreetimes tea Mf 1340
vThundole Mf 1455
vTilakahene Mf 1450
vTinyland Mf 1451
vTriton hill Mf 1469
vUdayakanda Mf 1523
vUduwella Mf 1361
vUdagala Mf 1292
vUdumullagoda Mf 1393
vUnity Mf 1374
vUpperbalangoda Mf 0262
vUruwala Mf 0440
vVeddagala Mf 1442
vVillaboda Mf 1278
vVinora Mf 1372
vVirginforest Mf 0449
vVithanakanda Mf 1172
vVogan Mf 0081
vWadiyakanda Mf 1208
vWalahanduwa Mf 0815
vWalawwatta Mf 1506
vWalpita Mf 0951
vWatapota Mf 0289
vWathurawila Mf 1367
vWaulugala Mf 0861
vWeihena Mf 0080
vWellgama Mf 0365
vWellandura Mf 0104
vWembley Mf 0800
vWewegoda Mf 0955
vWewelkandura Mf 1436
vWijaya group Bf 0172
vWijayanilmini Mf 1480
vWikiliya Mf 0624
vWillie Mf 0974
vWinwood Mf 1492
vYahaladuwa Mf 0079
vYakkalamulla Mf 1338
vYalta Mf 1339
vYataderiya Mf 0353
vYattapatha Mf1339
Sri Lanka Tea Brokers Company
· John Keells PLC
· Mercantile Produce Brokers (pvt) ltd.
· Eastern Brokers Ltd.
· Lanka commodity Brokers Ltd.
· Somerville & Company Ltd.
· Forbes & Walker Tea Brokers (pvt) Ltd.
· Bartleet Produce Marketing (pvt) Ltd.
· Ceylon Tea Brokers Ltd
· Asia Siyaka Commodities (Pvt) Ltd.
"when i drink tea,I am conscious of peace, the cool breath of Heaven rises in my sleeves and blows my cares away"
Lu T'ung
Chinese poet.
The act of smeiing the tea is refeffed to as "nosing the tea" Tea lovers , as well as tea blenders and purchasers of tea around the ,world nose the tea for its aroma, flavor and freshness.
•Factory process
•buy broker
•Auction
•Export
