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 ...
Afriandi/Moment/Getty Images Often referred to as the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean," Sri Lanka is a stunning island nation that ...
When I think of travel, I sometimes think about the hegemony prevailing in the age of social media: travellers who "do it for ...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Three children returning from school are among at least five people who have died as heavy rains ...
Leaves from the lush green tea estates covering the hills of central Sri Lanka end up in cups across the world. Tea is the island's biggest export, normally bringing in more than $1bn a year ...
As part of a programme to promote straight line Garden Marks and Single Origin Estate teas of Sri Lanka, the "Ceylon Speciality Estate Teas of the Year" competition was recently launched in Japan by ...
Sri Lanka’s main tea buyers are the CIS and West Asia with Iran being the largest buyer in the region while Syria is a close second. Dubai in the UAE is the tea hub where teas to the CIS and other ...