Articles of category "Sri Lanka Tea"

Emerald green carpets of tea and the crisp cool fragrance of leaf tea in the air - these are some of the distinctive features of Sri Lanka, one of the world's leading tea exporters. The lush scenery blends here with the delicate aroma and rich golden hue of a wonderful, fresh brewed cup of the Ceylon tea, considered by many to be the finest tea in the world. The climate of Sri Lanka together with the lush greenery and unique soil of a tea plantation is ideally suitable for producing a wide variety of high quality teas with appealing aromas and flavors.

One of the oldest professions in the world is tea growing. And one of the oldest drinks known to civilization - tea -- is a product made by processing buds and leaves of the tea bush, known as Camellia sinenis, and consumed in form of a beverage as a result of steeping processed leaves in hot water from several minutes. Tea flavor is developed by such processes as oxidation, drying, heating and addition of fruit, spices and herbs. The beverage is a natural source of Theophylline and caffeine.