In Search of Artisinal Speciality Tea in Sri Lanka

95% of tea produced in Sri Lanka is Orthodox Black tea made by machine, but there is a growing number of artisan specialty tea producers in the country. If this artisan production is met with overseas demand, it’s a sector of the Sri Lankan Tea industry that is sure to grow. In this article, I’ll share with you my experiences sampling a selection of teas from Lumbini Tea Valley and Glenwood Reserve.

Lumbini Tea Valley

Chaminda Jayawardana, longtime attendee and exhibitor at the World Tea Expo that takes place in the United States each year produces a number of artisan specialty teas under the brand name Dalu which is part of his Lumbini Tea Valley company. The teas are grown in Lumbini Valley which borders the Shinharaja rainforest in Southern Sri Lanka. The Dalu collection includes a series of “hand spun” teas, mostly black, that are meticulously hand-rolled into beautiful shapes as well as some of the more typical artisan Sri Lankan teas– Silver Tips and Golden Tips.

Jayachakra Hand Spun Tea

This black tea is hand-rolled into little donut shapes. The majority of the black hand-spun teas from Lumbini’s Dalu collection had similar tastes, but were formed into a variety of novelty shapes. This tea had a faint smoke aroma with a smooth malty vanilla finish
https://worldoftea.org/sri-lanka-artisan-specialty-tea/

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