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Sharing
the pleasures of Ceylon tea
Tea industry veteran Anselm Perera
(left) and Gerald Vandergrift, director, US Tea Association
and chairman of the Speciality Tea Registry (centre) and
an unidentified American visitor are all smiles as they
taste the Ceylon tea brews that won the American Speciality
Tea Institute's Ceylon Estate Tea of the Year contest. The
Grand Winner was a Kenmare FBOP (Nuwara Eliya) while the
Runner-Up was Kirkoswald PEKOE (Dimbula). Lumbini FBOPF1
Extra Special (Ruhuna) won a Special Merit Award. The contest
was part of the effort by the Ceylon tea industry, spearheaded
by the Tea Board and the Ceylon Tea Traders' Association
to promote the rich diversity of Ceylon tea among North
American consumers. The campaign is to promote teas with
distinct colours and flavours from the six main agro-climatic
regions: Dimbula, Nuwara Eliya, Udapussellawa, Uva, Kandy
and Ruhuna. The winners were formerly announced at a ceremony
held at Asia Siyaka's sprawling warehouse in Muthurajawela
last week.
Picture by J. Weerasekera.
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