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.

The Sri Lanka- China relationship is centuries old, and has been historically strengthened by shared religious and cultural values. Sri Lanka is known to the whole world for its tea due to its unique ...

A Route du Bonheur pilgrimage into Sri Lanka’s storied tea plantations uncovers the fragrant, fertile world of oolong, orange pekoe, and more—not to mention a vibrant native economy.

The Colombo Tea Auction, a cornerstone of Sri Lanka’s economy, showcased resilience and promising trends in its May 7, 2025, trading session, as reported by Forbes & Walker Tea Brokers. Despite ...

Sri Lanka, where tea is picked by hand for your cuppa – and eaten in a range of dishes A lot goes into a tea bag, from growing and picking the leaves to fermenting and blending them.

Now, visiting Sri Lanka, I find myself at Ceylon Tea Trails, the world's first tea bungalow resort and a member of Relais & Chateaux, a France-based association of independent hotels.

Sajani Amarasiri’s Sri Lankan milk tea launches in Whole Foods In 2016, when the super green latte was the food wellness fad of the moment, Sajani Amarasiri thought to herself; […] ...

Sri Lanka's tea industry grapples with a steep wage hike, but some estate owners embrace new approaches to balance worker welfare and productivity in a bid to save the sector.

The recently opened Pekoe Trail, which runs for more than 300km through tea plantations, villages and forests, tells the story of Sri Lanka's complex and chequered tea history.

At estates certified by Rainforest Alliance, the largest ethical certification scheme in Sri Lanka's tea industry, we found workers without access to drinking water and toilets in the tea fields ...

Currently, approximately 40% *2 of the black tea leaves *3 imported into Japan come from Sri Lanka, of which approximately 20% *4 are used in Kirin Gogo-no-Kocha.

The hill country Tamils in Sri Lanka, workers who have shaped the nation's tea industry for centuries, continue to live on the margins. Despite their invaluable contributions, they face ongoing ...