Over the centuries, locals have come up with plenty of ways to make these resources into delicious meals. Grandmas in floral ...

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.

I’d studied Japan’s tea ceremony rituals, like the chanoyu, and so in Sri Lanka, I set out to explore a tea bungalow resort amid the vast tea fields that help make the country the world’s ...

Amba Estate isn’t a hotel, it’s a working farm, perhaps the most unique in all of Sri Lanka. It started in 1900 when Thamba Arunasalam Pillai bought 26 acres of uncharted land from a local aristocrat.

While black tea is the most popular variety, green and white tea are also grown in Sri Lanka. Green tea is made by rolling and drying—it is not withered or fermented—and is mostly harvested in ...

Tea tourism is big business in Sri Lanka — and a major source of revenue for Amba. The estate typically sees about 2,000 visitors a year, Bell says.

Little known fact: In the 1860s, Sri Lanka was the world’s largest producer of coffee. One can still find a handful of growers trying to resurrect — or at least keep alive — this lost crop ...

But tea is Sri Lanka’s biggest single export, bringing in more than $1.25bn a year, accounting for about 10 percent of the country’s export income. Advertisement .

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, but ...

Sri Lanka's Tea Producers Warn 70% Wage Hike Will Hit Industry. By Reuters | May 27, 2024. By Reuters | May 27, 2024, at 9:24 a.m. Save. More. Sri Lanka's Tea Producers Warn 70% Wage Hike Will Hit ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's tea producers on Monday condemned a government order to increase wages by 70%, saying it would make their tea globally uncompetitive and reduce dollar ...