A Route du Bonheur pilgrimage into Sri Lanka’s storied tea plantations uncovers the fragrant, fertile world of oolong, orange pekoe, and more—not to mention a vibrant native economy.

Before the island nation's economic crisis, tea exports accounted for US$1.3 billion (€1.27 billion) annually and 5% of all global tea production. But this has now dropped to its lowest level in ...

Today, Sri Lanka stands as the world's third-largest tea exporter, accounting for approximately 15% of global tea exports. In the face of significant challenges, our tea industry recorded ...

Sri Lanka is paying some foreign debts with tea, rather than cash. But an abrupt ban on chemical fertilizers has hurt crop yields and tea pickers are losing hours and wages as food prices double.

People pluck tea leaves at a plantation in Bogawantalawa, Sri Lanka, on May 20, 2025. Sri Lanka earned 1.43 billion U.S. dollars from tea exports in 2024, with an increase of more than 9 percent ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's tea producers on Monday condemned a government order to increase wages by 70%, saying it would make their tea globally uncompetitive and reduce dollar ...

Kenya exported over 500 Mkg of tea in 2024. In 2023, India and Sri Lanka were neck-in-neck in tea exports with around 231 Mkg, but in 2024 Indiaovertook the island nation with 24 Mkg more exports.

1.5 million tea estate workers and 1 million people in fishing trade, those two groups are really the marginalized groups and the vast majority of them are of Tamil background. The Government of Sri.

Having researched small holder tea lands in Sri Lanka, the situation is different. The down country tea growing populations in the smallholdings are relatively well-to-do, with lighting, TVs, ...

While British commenced tea plantations in the hill country of Sri Lanka by importing the tea plant from China and Northern India, they did not seem to have thought of initiating dairy farms in the ...