Located just southeast of India, Sri Lanka is a hidden gem of the Indian Ocean. In addition to ancient ruins and beautiful ...

The enchanting island of Sri Lanka ... plant, then swiftly depositing the leaves into a backpack sack. Companies like Dilmah have improved conditions for the largely Tamil (South Indian) tea ...

Before Sri Lanka became synonymous with tea, coffee dominated the island's central highlands. That started to change under British rule in the 1820s, when the first tea plant was brought to the ...

My guide, Ramli Raban, and I are first headed ... in the process from plant to cup, from drying and rolling to tasting and packaging. “Some tea estates in Sri Lanka are still being run like ...

“We demand that Malaiyaha Tamil people be accepted as free and equal Sri Lankan citizens,” said Shalini Manori, a 54-year-old ...

For the world’s fourth-largest exporter of tea, this reform was hard to swallow. Production declined by more than 20% in the first few months following the ban. Sri Lanka’s tea industry is cru ...

They want us to visit. It’s time to return to Sri Lanka. Since a tea plant was first smuggled from China to Sri Lanka in 1824, the island has become one of the world’s biggest tea importers.