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Read Story →A short history of Ceylon tea, told in four cups
From a failed coffee crop to the world's cup — and where to taste each chapter at altitude.
Taprobane EditorialJuly 9, 2026
When coffee rust wiped out the island’s plantations in the 1870s, a Scot named James Taylor planted tea at Loolecondera. Within twenty years Ceylon tea was famous worldwide.
Low, mid and high grown
Low-grown teas from the south are bold and malty; high-grown teas from Nuwara Eliya are light and floral. Taste them side by side at a working factory.
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