Sri Lankan Tea also known and Ceylon tea, is of high importance to the Sri Lanka economy and the world market. The country is the world's largest producer of tea and the industry is one of the country's main sources of foreign exchange and a significant source of income for labourers, with tea accounting for 15% of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product, generating roughly $700 million. Most of the Tea garden in Sri Lanka are situated at elevations between 3,000 and 8,000 feet in two areas of the southwestern part of the Island, to the east of Colombo and in the Galle district on the southern point.

In the hot steamy plains and foot hills, the tea bushes flush every seven or eight days and are picked all year around. the finest teas are gathered from late June to the end of August in eastern districts. until 1971, most of the tea plantations were owned and managed by British companies. The Sri Lankan government then introduced a Land Reform Act which gave the state control of majority of the plantations (which also grow rubber and coconuts for export) leaving about one-third in private hands.

The teas produced in different regions of the Island have their own characteristics of flavour, aroma and colour. Nurturing the tea bushes and treating the soil in which they grow are an integral part of tea cultivation.  Regular application of fertilizers ensures healthy leaf growth.

As Sri Lankan tea gained it's popularity throughout the world, a need arose to mediate and monitor the sale of tea.

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