Lipton Tea Estate Sri Lanka

By 1890 he and taylor were business partners taylor growing the tea and selling it to lipton who.

Lipton tea estate sri lanka. Lipton ceylon tea manufactured distributed and sold worldwide is manufactured in this tea estate. Experience a glimpse of sri lanka in 6 days. These 6 day tour packages are perfect to combine with a beach holiday in sri lanka. Haputhale dambethenna buses go till dambethenna tea factory.

Lipton seat is a viewpoint located in the towering hills of poonagala in the verdant tea plantations of central sri lanka. Lipton s seat is a scenic view point situated at the edge of dambethenna tea estate. The factory is set 11km outside of haputale with buses running every half hour to dambatenne. He arrived to british ceylon in 1852 and settled down in loolecondera estate in delthota here he worked with scottish merchant thomas lipton to develop the tea industry in british ceylon.

James taylor 29 march 1835 2 may 1892 was a scottish tea planter who introduced tea to british ceylon. You can get a tuk tuk from dambethenna tea factory or. The history of ceylon tea ironically starts with coffee. In 1867 the first official tea plantation was created by the scotsman james taylor who had originally come to the island to grow coffee.

It employs directly or indirectly over 1 million people and in 1995 directly employed 215 338 on tea plantations and estates. Tea production is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for sri lanka formerly called ceylon and accounts for 2 of gdp contributing over us 1 5 billion in 2013 to the economy of sri lanka. Visit the hill country and enjoy a cup of tea in ella. Story is connected with the famous lipton seat viewpoint as it was built by same person the scottish tea baron sir thomas lipton in 1890.

About 18 kilometers from haputale and about eight kilometers from dambatenna tea factory uva province this is the fourth largest. Set on the dambatenne estate formerly owned by 19th century tea pioneer sir thomas lipton thotalagala plantation house provides its guests with a gracious evocation of the life of a colonial tea. He continued to live in british ceylon until his death more than half of his lifetime. Currently well known as lipton tea manufacturers.

Start a wildlife safari in the yala national park and discover the south west coast of sri lanka with his beautiful beaches in 6 days. The place is situated about 15 km from the town. Overlooking the lush highland hills the lipton s seat viewpoint can be visited from either ella or the nearby regional town of haputale the journey takes just under two hours drive from ella or one hour from haputale. In 1888 with 300 stores worldwide lipton stopped in ceylon on his way to australia.