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History of Sri Lanka Tea
Sri Lanka ranks as the 3rd largest tea producer in the world and exports
Quality Teas to around 120 countries. It is the worlds largest value
added tea exporter of High Grown or Low Grown Tea. Ceylon tea is known
for its own flavor quality and image around the Global tea buyers.
We have established ourselves as a reputed leading trading institute
in the country dealing only with our own brands of tea and solely
in tea trading. We invite you to establish together with other buyers
all over the world a fruitful business relationship and we would like
you to share our experience, expertise, strength, and available dedicated
facilities.
"The links between Sri Lanka and Great Britain - and the two way influence
each country has exerted on the other - go back way beyond the start
of the tea industry, as we can read in the account of the island's
history. However, the success of tea cultivation brought a new and
more intensive bond between the two countries.
Most of the original tea estates were owned or managed by the British
- the man recognized as the 'pioneer of the island's tea industry'
was a Scot named James Taylor. He was a scientifically minded planter
who experimented with many different types of tea plants, to find
those suitable for the islands soil and climate. James Taylor in his
success grew the first commercial acres of tea bushes. The early planters
brought ever increasing areas of the jungle under cultivation, clearing
the massive trees, burning off the undergrowth, making roads and building
the first tea factories. Much of the first clearing work was done
with trained elephants, which would use their immense strength to
drag the downed trees or lift the sawn logs with their trunks. It
was a rugged outdoor life, which slowly changed the landscape of Sri
Lanka, laying the foundation for today's success story.
Since cultivation began on the island in 1867, Ceylon tea has become
the country's most important industry. Sri Lanka is proud to look
back on more than a century of remarkable growth and development in
tea growing and exporting. If James Taylor were, by some miracle of
time travel, spirited back, he would surely be amazed and delighted
by the landscape of the tea-growing regions. Tea bushes cover the
carefully terraced hillsides as far as the eye can see; the sea of
green broken only by the scattered white dots of the factory buildings,
with their clusters of small homes for the tea estate workers".
Tea cultivation is now a highly skilled, scientific and mechanized
business, with Sri Lanka producing some of the most sought after,
fragrant and delicious teas in the world.
Tea Facts
The overwhelming surge of scientific research is substantiating the
ancient proclamations that tea as the most potent health beverage
ever! Recent studies in leading medical journals declare tea as a
potential heart tonic, cancer blocker, fat buster, immune stimulant,
arthritis soother, virus fighter and cholesterol detoxifier. The chemicals
in tea have been shown to protect the body against stomach, breast,
colon, and skin cancers, to lower blood pressure, to lower serum cholesterol,
and triglycerides, and normalize blood sugar.
Most of the research studies show significant health benefits in people
who consumed 4 cups of tea or more daily although some studies found
health benefits in those who consumed as little as 3 cups a day. Some
of the most impressive therapeutic properties about black tea to date
are:
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"Scientist have long linked green tea to the low rates of stomach cancer and heart disease found in some Asian populations. And new finding suggest that black tea, which comes from the same leaves, offers similar benefits." |
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"Tea leaves are richer than most fruits and vegetables in antioxidant compounds called flavonoids and polyphenois. These chemicals seem to inhibit tumor growth and may also combat arterial blockage that leads to heart attack and stroke." |
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"Several recent studies have suggested that tea--and presumably its antioxidant pigments--can lower an individual's risk of heart attack. Among the almost 5,000 men with existing coronary disease, those consuming the most flavonoids (found in tea) appeared to face a 40 percent lower risk of heart attack than those eating the fewest." |
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"Although black, green and oolong contain different levels of flavonoids, the research so far suggests that any possible disease-fighting powers the teas might have are similar. If you don't already drink a cup or two a day, try a cup of a delicate black tea like Darjeeling. Those who prefer a stronger flavored tea might try English Breakfast, a blend of Ceylon and SERANTH'E Tea. A longtime tea drinker [should] explore green or oolong tea. Their flavor, color and aroma are more subtle than black tea." |
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"The color of your tea may not be as important to its health benefits as researchers once thought. Possible anti-cancer benefits had previously been established mostly for green tea. But according to a recent study, drinking black tea, America's favorite non-herbal variety, may also reduce the risk of certain cancers." |
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"That's the conclusion of scientists at the National Institute of Public Health in the Netherlands after they tracked the diets of 552 men for 15 years. The researchers were trying to see if flavonoids--a compound found in black tea--protected people from strokes. Flavonoids act like antioxidants, which prevent LDL, or "bad" cholesterol from oxidizing, and help reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke." |
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"According to studies at Tufts University in Boston, one cup of green or black tea has more antioxidant power against the most common types of free radical in your body--the peroxyl radical--than 1/2 cup serving of broccoli, carrots, spinach or strawberries." |
To promote better health drink at least 4 eight-ounce cups of tea a day.
Note: That instant, bottled, decaffeinated,
highly processed or herbal teas do not have the antioxidant properties
of green, black, and oolong teas. We personally select black teas
from literally hundreds of samples for their unique contribution to
this collection. We are committed to giving you the best value on
some of the finest teas available. We are always looking for suggestions,
questions, and comments. So let us know what you think, and welcome
to the fascinating and limitless world of tea. |
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