Sri Lanka Histroy in Tea

The word tea comes from the Chinese local Amoy dialect word t'e, pronounced "tay". The usefulness of the tea plant is due to the special composition of its young leaves, which provides the material for producing tea. The finished product, which serves to make the well-known beverage, the tea drink, is mainly marketed in the form of fermented black tea: in some countries, however, unfermented or partially fermented tea as well. The product tea is …

…process of production, semi dried green shoots are ruptured by rolling achieved from a rotary movement. The rolling process ruptures and twists the leaves. When tealeaves are crushed an oxidation process begins, which is followed by firing and commonly known black tea is produced. Sri Lanka also produces tea by unorthodox method, namely Cut Tear and Curl (C.T.C). Green tea, Instant tea, Bio tea, and flavored tea are also produced in Sri Lanka.