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Ceylon Tea  Sri Lankan tea known for generations as “Ceylon Tea” is reputed for its’ taste and aroma world over. Sri Lanka is the largest producer of orthodox tea in the world. Currently, Sri Lanka ranks as the fourth largest tea producer of the world.  In the global export front, the country holds the position of third largest exporter of tea. Sri Lanka applies ISO 3720 as the minimum standards for tea. Sri Lankan tea growers and manufactures adopt Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and produce tea under the highest social and environmental standards. The tea processing factories for exports continually improve and upgrade to meet required technical and hygienic standards to conform to the international food safety requirements.   ost Sri Lankan tea producers have also consistently promoted the adoption of the most stringent agricultural standards and practices, particularly through the adoption of international quality certifi...

Creative Ways to use Tea in your Cooking🍃😊  If you’re looking for some unique ways to spice up your favorite dishes, look no further than your tea box! Tea adds a distinctive flavour to any preparation whether sweet or savoury ,here’s some fun things to try....👇   👉If your recipe uses water, try using strongly brewed tea instead – cookies, breads, soups, marinades and stews are just some ideas where you could use this   👉Create your own unique dry rub for meats by adding ground black or green tea leaves into the mix. You can even use whole tea leaves as herbs.  👉Steaming rice and veggies with green or black tea leaves adds both a deliciously light flavour and fragrance 👉Add your favourite tea leaves to a smoker the next time you’re making smoked veggies or salmon. The tea leaves release their aroma as they burn and infuse some great flavours  👉Steep tea in hot milk for an hour or two before using in recipes like ice cream, custard and pudding...

 TEA TASTING - Chapter 01  Tea tasting, much like wine tasting, uses similar steps – visual, smell, taste and touch. A lot about a tea can be told by examining the dry leaves. Gently press some dry leaves in your hand – most new teas are a little springier and less likely to crumble than older teas. Tea tasting is the process in which a trained taster determines the quality of a particular tea. Due to climatic conditions, topography, manufacturing process, and different clones of the Camellia sinensis plant (tea), the final product may have vastly differing flavours and appearance. These differences can be tasted by a trained taster in order to ascertain the quality prior to sale or possibly blending tea. It is the taster who describes and values tea. His description of the liquor is based on taste. In its widest sense, which includes aroma, taste is a very complex property that has so far not been assessed chemically. A taster may deal with several hundred tea samples in a d...

Colombo Tea Auction  The first Tea Auction in Colombo was held on 30th July 1883 in the office of Somerville & Co., down Queen Street now renamed Janadhipathi Mawatha. Prior to this, many tea plantation people shipped Ceylon teas to the London Tea Auction or sometimes directly to overseas buyers. The Auction itself was only modestly successful with only one lot of Kabaragala un-assorted tea selling for cents 45 a pound whereas the other 4 lots remained unsold due to either lack of bids or due to bids received not meeting the Broker’s expectations. Despite debacles, Somerville & Co. and the other brokers persisted and were able to conduct auctions on a regular basis from 1885. In 1894 the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) set up the Colombo Tea Traders’ Association to formulate rules for the conduct of the Tea Auction. They promoted the common interest of buyers and sellers in the Colombo market. With modest beginning, Colombo Tea Auction (CTA) grew to be the largest tea au...

How to prepare Lemongrass Tea Sorbet??? Ingredients   1L of water  2 cups of granulated sugar  12 stalks of lemongrass (white stalks only), slightly crushed  1 lemon, juiced ¼ cup of tea made with 2 tablespoons of Ceylon black tea leaves Preparation : Bring water to boil, add sugar and lemongrass and let it infuse for 15 minutes. Add tea leaves and keep for 5 minutes. Strain through a fine meshed sieve and let it cool. Add lemon juice and place in freezer until frozen hard (about 8 hours). Process in small quantities in a blender until slushy and creamy. Place in cool goblets and serve immediately, garnished with fruits, mint leaves etc.

How to prepare Pineapple Tea Punch????? 🍍🥤🍃 Ingredients 5 cups of water  1/3 cup of Ceylon black tea leaves or 15 tea bags ½ tsp of grated nutmeg  1 cup of white sugar  6 cups of pineapple juice  1 cup of lemon juice  1L of club soda, chilled  Preparation:  Bring the water to a boil, add tea leaves and let it infuse, then add nutmeg and let it simmer for 5 minutes. Stir and strain into a punch bowl, add sugar and let it cool. Mix in the fruit juice. When ready to serve, mix with chilled soda and pour over ice cubes.

How to prepare Chocolate Tea??? 🥤🍫🍃  Ingredients    1L of milk  ½ cup of sugar  60g of bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped  2 tbsp of Ceylon black tea leaves  6 cardamom pods, crushed slightly  2 whole sticks of cinnamon 4 allspice berries, crushed  1 tsp of vanilla  Garnish with :  4 cinnamon sticks  Preparation:  Place all the ingredients in a pan except the garnish and simmer until the chocolate is fully dissolved. Cook over low heat for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow it to infuse for 10 minutes, then let it cool and strain. Freeze for one hour. Break up the frozen mixture and process in a blender until slushy.