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Ceylon Tea Museum

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Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Phone:
+94 814 946 737

Hours:
Sunday8:30am - 3:30pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday8:30am - 3:45pm
Wednesday8:30am - 3:45pm
Thursday8:30am - 3:45pm
Friday8:30am - 3:45pm
Saturday8:30am - 3:45pm


Tea production is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka , and accounts for 2% of GDP, contributing over US $1.5 billion in 2013 to the economy of Sri Lanka. It employs, directly or indirectly, over 1 million people, and in 1995 directly employed 215,338 on tea plantations and estates. In addition, tea planting by smallholders is the source of employment for thousands whilst it is also the main form of livelihoods for tens of thousands of families. Sri Lanka is the world's fourth-largest producer of tea. In 1995, it was the world's leading exporter of tea , with 23% of the total world export, but it has since been surpassed by Kenya. The highest production of 340 million kg was recorded in 2013, while the production in 2014 was slightly reduced to 338 million kg.The humidity, cool temperatures, and rainfall of the country's central highlands provide a climate that favors the production of high-quality tea. On the other hand, tea produced in low-elevation areas such as Matara, Galle and Ratanapura districts with high rainfall and warm temperature has high level of astringent properties. The tea biomass production itself is higher in low-elevation areas. Such tea is popular in the Middle East. The industry was introduced to the country in 1867 by James Taylor, a British planter who arrived in 1852. Tea planting under smallholder conditions has become popular in the 1970s.
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