In 1890, Sir Thomas Lipton arrived on the island of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, to purchase a plot of land that would become the first tea estate in his global tea empire.These days, in the ...

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 is the largest exporter of tea in the world market. Last year the total production was around 18 billion tons, which is likely to exceed 19 billion tons this year.

Sri Lanka’s tea industry is crucial to the island’s economy, and among its main exports: tea accounted for $1.3 billion in annual export revenue until the economic crisis hit the island.

Sri Lankan tea, known for generations as ’Ceylon Tea’ carries behind it a heritage and a success story like no other. It is therefore in the interests of the Sri Lankan Tea brand to continue to work ...

Today, Sri Lanka stands as the world's third-largest tea exporter, accounting for approximately 15% of global tea exports. In the face of significant challenges, our tea industry recorded ...

Sri Lankan tea is exported to over 140 countries and remains a vital part of the national economy, ... A tea picker at work in the fields with the estate's 'line houses' in the background.

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.

A local food expert shares the best meals in Sri Lanka, coconut curries, fresh seafood, fried shorties, street food like kotthu, local tea, and more in Colombo, the highlands, and beaches.