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where the Scottish tea planter James Taylor established Sri Lanka’s first tea estate, via the market town of Deltota. Passing a Hindu temple painted in pastel yellows and blues, we swap Galaha ...
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 ...
What do you think about conditions for tea workers in Sri Lanka? Do you have any experience of conditions for tea estate workers elsewhere in South Asia?
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sept 11 -- Hundreds of thousands of workers Monday went on strike paralyzing work in hundreds of sprawling tea estates in Sri Lanka. According to reports reaching the capital ...
In Sri Lanka's central highlands, the weather may be capricious but what remains unchanged is the sprawling expanse of tea estates in every direction. This region is where the bulk of soothing ...
Sri Lanka is the largest supplier of orthodox teas, exporting more than 95% of its production. Stakeholders insist the country's emergency has trickled down to job losses and rambling tea estates ...
This nearly 200-mile network of hiking routes snakes its way through Sri Lanka’s highlands, including tea plantations, colonial estates, villages, holy shrines, and forests brimming with ...