Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is home to world-famous Ceylon tea. In a country where many people enjoy tea throughout the day - after waking, at midmorning, in the afternoon, after dinner and so on - preparing tea for the family is mostly done by the housewife. A family of four usually consumes 1 to 1.5 kilograms of black tea per month. In both urban and rural areas of Sri Lanka, there are many tea kiosks and tea cafes where people can be seen enjoying tea, sometimes with a snack. In Sri Lanka the word "pekoe," well-known around the world from orange pekoe tea, denotes a particular grade tea leaf. And did you know that here there are tea leaves known as "golden tips" and "silver tips"? These teas fetch high prices and cannot be found at the regular tea auctions. They are known as the acme grades of Ceylon tea.