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Sri Lanka Tourist Attractions RI L AN A
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Ceylon Tea
Sit Lanka Tourism
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esse Sri Lanka |‘Tea (Camelia ices, «native of China)
Refreshing PRIN eect Cony he hn
the world
ith experimental plantings in Peradeniya BorniclThe colous aroma, flavour and “mouth thei hand dart over the bushes, picking the
feel” of tea depend on the altitude tender tps and dhowing them int te lage
‘ab tchich tes grote, cs well Goa Tuskers or plastic sacks carted om their backs
The newly picked leaves are then cst to
processing and grading.
factories or processing
Saale (nt the hl mi
senting in) sho nlc the b : i
flavour and quality, a8 the visitor ean discover oe
se indcon the pe wich pds he
" : 7 famous Ceylon Teal. The newly picked leaves
The Tea County vinaly psoo are withered fora few hours, then rll orlese
the Hill Counarya glorious verdant swathe of hills and
‘mountains sex slghy souh of he islands centre
the ces and le for about tre hous, the bight
pestle oxidising and rang coppey brown
Thelenes then rod ns hoichmber emerging
Teer ren les are covered with neal pruned
buses which come right down othe roadside, einer ea eg ln ions
tgs, depending onthe sof th paces,
‘Women, draped in vivid saris resemble butefies as