Ceylon teas are famous for their quality and their bright, flavoury character. Names such as Dimbula, Nuwara Eliya and Kandy are enough to get any tea connoisseur excited. The variety of Ceylon teas is remarkable. This is a nation whose tea production is a lifetime's study in itself. So we'd better get started, hadn't we?
Fed by the majestic St Clair’s Falls, this tea garden is surrounded by extraordinary scenery, which has embedded itself in each tea leaf. The result is a subtle honey-coloured liquor and a thisrt-quenching tea, best served without milk.
Stockholm Tea Estate was established more than a hundred years ago. The garden produces outstanding high-grown teas with a bright, coloury character. The teas are unusually full-bodied for the Nuwara Eliya region and rich enough to take a little milk if desired.
Ceylon tea is brisk, clear, rich and full-flavoured, with a sometimes almost citrus freshness. Thirst-quenching and invigorating, this is a tea suitable for drinking at any time of day, with or without milk.
Uva, home of the Thotulagalla garden, is one of the most famous tea districts in the world. Orange Sun is a classic Uva tea - smooth, rich, coloury and full of flavour. Can take milk.
A full-flavoured, bright-liquoring tea with tremendous character and elegance. Perfect with a small amount of milk in the late afternoon as the heat of the summer's day begins to cool. A high-grown Single Estate Ceylon from the famous Uva region in the Eastern highlands of Sri Lanka.
A rich, full-flavoured Single Estate Ceylon tea. Grown in Nawalapitya near Kandy, the ancient capital of Sri Lanka and the original tea-growing region. Perfect for enjoying with milk or lemon during the afternoon - a classic Ceylon.
The Tommagong garden in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, at more than 1,800 metres above sea level, is a consistent producer of some of the greatest teas of the region. The leaf is reddish gold, with a clean, brisk aroma. It produces a fresh, bright, flavoury liquor, delicious with or without milk.
Kotiyagalla - Leopard Rock - produces high-grown tea of world-class quality. A rich, pungent, mellow tea with a deep golden colour, it makes a good breakfast tea. It is also excellent for drinking throughout the day with a little milk.
Somerset, one of the great tea plantations of the famous Dimbula Valley of Sri Lanka, produces exceptional teas with a strong, bright, flavoury character. This tea is ideal for drinking in the morning with a small amount of milk.
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