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When the government of Sri Lanka published the  National Red List of threatened plants in 2020, my eyebrows shot up. We’ve ...
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote to his Sri Lankan counterpart, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, informing him that the United States will impose a 30 percent tariff on all Sri Lankan exports ...
On the other hand, Sri Lankan people crush tea leaves and package them into tea bags for office people in the high-end market," Anura said. When Anura tried to sell top-class Sri Lankan tea to Chinese ...
To celebrate the humble brew, The Hits Breakfast’s Jono and Ben teamed up with show sponsor Dilmah to experience five days of tea tourism in Sri Lanka, the world’s fourth-largest tea producer ...
A woman harvests tea leaves on a plantation in Sri Lanka’s hill country. Every leaf carries echoes of a colonial past and a changing present. (Courtesy of Relais & Chateaux Ceylon Tea Trails) ...
The International Tea Day, which fell on 21 May, was marked for the first time in Geneva at a special event co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka and the Food and Agriculture Organization ...
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.
Just a short flight from Hyderabad, Ceylon Tea Trails in Sri Lanka offers an unforgettable escape into tea-scented hills, colonial charm, and world-class luxury.
Sri Lanka earned 1.43 billion U.S. dollars from tea exports in 2024, with an increase of more than 9 percent year-on-year. Tea is one of Sri Lanka's main foreign revenue generators.
While Kenya retained the first spot in global tea exports, India surpassed Sri Lanka to take the second spot. Kenya exported over 500 Mkg of tea in 2024.
An ABC investigation in Sri Lanka has found popular certification schemes are failing to live up to their ethical promises.