Sri Lanka is one of the largest exporters of tea in the world.
the country produces a wide range of varieties, including grades of the
traditional lack tea, flavoured teas,
organic teas and green tea. the first tea plants, brought from china, were
grown in Peradeniya Botanical gardens in 1824, but it was not until 1867 that the first
commercial tea planta tion was established near kandy. Before the cultivation
of tea began on the island,...
